How can something have no calories? What does the body do with this calorie free food?

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How can something have no calories? What does the body do with this calorie free food?

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simplest way to understand it: calories are essentially a measure of energy. If it takes more energy to break down the food than the energy the food has stored in it, its calorie free, or calorie negative. For example, it takes more energy to chew celery than the celery has in it.

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