Is it true...

Helen

That if you freeze grapes they have no calories...?

Messiah

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "no". It's not like grapes have all that many calories to begin with. They're, what, like 90% water?

flo-ra

Is it true that eating celery gives you "negative calories" because it provides less energy than it takes to eat it? If so, I think I should start eating some!

Malakaiii

Here's some info about celery.

And I would say that the grape rumour is not true as freezing something does not remove calories, it simply changes the properties of the water in the food.

Magnificent_Bastard

Yeah....I was inclined to say no...because I thought calorie content is something constant in a food, regardless of its temperature...kinda like saying a Big Mac is less fattening if you eat it frozen/liquified...

siuying

no.. grapes have a same amount of calories frozen or unfrozen.. after all.. they're still grapes.. think about it..

Broken Lizard

well maybe since they're frozen the body has to work to make it normal temperature therefore burning more calories?! lol

im going out on a limb here, i didnt take bio anything ever

Helen

Sorry had to ask, my girlfriends been buggin me since high school that its true hehe

Bhambra

flo-ra said:

Is it true that eating celery gives you "negative calories" because it provides less energy than it takes to eat it? If so, I think I should start eating some!

yuppp, it's negative calories because its mostly made up of cellulose fibre, which we can't digest, so it basically "sweeps" out our system. But, unfortunately, it takes away very very few calories...

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