To: Our man in washington
Nr. 24 (about celery having "negative calories") is false. According to Bowes & Church's Food Values (ed. by Pennington, 17th ed., 1997), a stalk of raw celery (weight 40 grams) had 6 calories. This is low but it's definitely not negative. For comparison, a half cup of raw spinach is also 6 calories. Presumably this is a lot less fattening than a bunch of other foods, but celery is very low in B vitamins and iron, so it's hardly an ideal food. (And, for godssake, don't nibble on it while talking on the phone!)
107 posted on
07/27/2003 6:11:08 AM PDT by
DonQ
To: DonQ
Yes, but how many calories does a person use to eat 40 grams of celery?
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