It actually is a NEGATIVE calorie food. Celery contains fewer calories than it takes to chew it up. so its possible to burn calories by eating. should eating celery be logged in as Cardio? hah :)

I'd rather run a mile than eat celery

Don't know where I saw it online but I found a list of negative calorie foods. There are quite a few out there. I love me some celery but i don't think I could live on it to lose weight. Plus it has relatively little nutrition as its mostly water hence it being a neg cal food. Just made some hummus 2nite. That would be yummy w/ a bit of stalk. Mmm...

i love celery with peanut butter and raisns, nom nom

Nonsense. each stick has 6 calories, so if it take a couple of minutes to eat one stick you'd only use up 2 or 3 calories eating it, a gain of 3 or 4

This is unproven

The whole Neg Calory food is a bit of a myth is it not. Bad/little science behind it?

The whole thing about negative calorie food (aka celery) is that it takes you more calories to chew AND digest it than is in the food itself, not just chew the food. Remember that all body processes require energy, even digestion, so you are burning calories even when sitting not doing anything.

Here is the answer courtesy of The Mayo Clinic, a much better source than the OP.

Negative-calorie foods: Diet gimmick or weight-loss aid?

I've heard that eating negative-calorie foods might be a good diet strategy. But what exactly are they?

Answer
from Donald Hensrud, M.D.
The Internet abounds with lists of purported negative-calorie foods — foods that supposedly take more energy to digest than they provide in calories. Many of these foods are vegetables and fruits, which can be part of an overall healthy diet plan. But they're probably not negative-calorie.

The theory is that you can lose weight by eating lots of these negative-calorie foods. Celery is a commonly cited example because it's mainly water and fiber. Proponents claim that you will burn more calories digesting celery than it contains, for a net loss.

Here's the reality. Throughout the day, about 5 to 10 percent of your total energy expenditure goes to digest and store the nutrients in the food you eat. Foods that contain few calories, such as celery and other nonstarchy vegetables, provide a small number of calories but still require energy to digest. That means it is theoretically possible to have a negative-calorie food, but there are no reputable scientific studies to prove that certain foods have this effect.

The bottom line: Following extreme diets that promote eating only a few foods can cause you to miss out on important nutrients. The key to successful weight loss is adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes a balanced diet and regular exercise.

Here is the link to the article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/negative-calorie-foods/AN02040

I wish people would quit spreading such rubbish on mfp and do some research before spouting off a bunch of bs.

Thats the idea behind it, I don;t think its true

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1896439_1896359_1896346,00.html

this
and I hate running

Bleurgh

Im not saying that there is such a thing as negative calorie foods, since all food has calories (except that fake no calorie stuff that is all chemicals), Im saying that people will think of it as negative calorie, and yes chewing and digesting a stick of celery will be around 0 on the net calories. If you smother it in PB and put chocolate chips on it you wont be around 0, but just a regular stick of celery is around 0.

Celery and peanut butter sounds good!!!!

B/S

A bit silly to argue about this. I will add that my mother claimed that celery was a negative calorie food, but then, she was a large woman. So, maybe her thoughts don't count.

I take it all back

I googled it and it turns out the CELERY IS A NEGATIVE FOOD. If its on google, its true people

I thought this was chit chat, fun and games...I think it was all a bit tongue in cheek....If you bite your cheek and a chunk comes off and you swallow it do you log it???

Celery is great if it's chopped really small, cooked in a stew and disguised as meat!

lol this turned into an actual debate? good lord it was a joke people.

that must be why its so discusting.

Hahahahaha

Maybe they didn't realize what room you were posting in. I thought it was funny!

Celery is merely the method I use to consume copious amounts of ranch dressing.

id rather eat dog sh** than even sniff celery

i know, its chitchat fun and games........not general weight loss help.