Okay, I checked, and celery is actually negative calories, a tiny bit.
Yet as enticing as all this sounds, the dietary bankroll built by this approach would be very small, probably amounting to no more than a few dozen calories a day. In a world where it takes 3,500 calories to work off a single pound of fat, feasting on celery would make only the merest difference.
The energy used in "processing" nutrients is pretty darned small. And you don't "process" water at all, really-- yes, it participates in many many reactions, but it gets there chiefly by diffusion and is just quietly ubiquitous. Staying warm, thinking, and running away from tigers is what your body really spends energy for.
But bell peppers have roughly the same caloric content as tomatoes: 25-35 calories each. I can't find info on the soup mix by the package, only by the serving, but it's mostly just carbs (18 calories / 7 gram serving) and precious little nutrients. Probably worth it for the flavor, but also probably taking care of any "negative calories" from the celery.
Of course, for plblark's purposes, all this business about me dusting off my biochem textbooks is not much to the point. The point is, vegetables and water are good for you, and spices make you happier about it. |
