On Feb 2, 2:16*pm, 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 :-)
>
> ------------------
> In article >,
> *> 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*!
>


I think that pickin' out crab meat has be negative or close.