James Silverton > wrote:
> "MC", posted this in alt.usage.english. It's an intriguing idea tho' I
> don't know how much celery I could eat at a sitting without ruining its
> negative effect by using cream cheese or a dip :-)
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> In article >,
> Evan Kirshenbaum > wrote:
>
>> Celery is also one of the only foods that imparts negative calories.
>> You consume more calories chewing it than the body can extract from
>> it.
> I've always wondered if that was true, so I looked on Snopes...
>
> And it *is*!
>
> http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/celery.asp
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> Jim Silverton
>

You can pretty much also chew on raw potato. No calories. I would not eat
the raw skin. I like sliced potatoes in salads.

An egg, 75 calories. The body also uses that much trying to digest it. Raw
that is.

Greg