"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

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