"Catabolic Diet"

Information and Review

The Catabolic Diet is based on the consumption of foods that require more calories to digest than the actual caloric value of the food, thereby burning up stored fat from your own body.

The body uses energy to digest food. A 500 calorie sandwich may require 100 calories to be digested resulting in a net gain of 400 calories. On the other hand, 50 calories of catabolic foods may require 100 calories to digest, resulting in a net loss of 50 calories.

What are some catabolic diet foods:

• Apples
• Asparagus
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Broccoli
• Cantaloupe
• Carrots
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Eggplant
• Grapefruit
• Lemons
• Lettuce
• Limes
• Oranges
• Pears
• Peppers
• Pineapple
• Plums
• Radishes
• Raspberries
• Sweet Potatoes
• Strawberries
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Zucchini

These are all pretty healthy foods and sure to illicit weight loss if consummed in place of high fat and high calorie foods, but does this sound like a list of foods you'll be able to restrict yourself to in the long-term? The Catabolic Diet makes some good suggestions about general nutrition to add to a balanced diet, but it's far too restrictive to follow in the long-term.