Celery is a great snack anytime of the day. It’s low in calories, low in fat, high in fiber and loaded with other vitamins. It does however have some sugar and sodium which are a couple of bad points for eating a lot of celery.

Celery however, does have another big advantage according to some experts. Many believe it’s what called a “negative calorie food”.  This means it actually requires more calories to digest a piece of celery than it contains.

The body burns calories during the digestive process, celery is more diffucult to digest than other foods and requires more work from your body to digest. This in turn burns more calories than celery actually contains.

Just like most other foods it’s probably not a good idea to eat too much celery. As mentioned earlier celery contains sodium and sugar. Even if it is true that celery is a negative calorie food, too much sodium and sugar in y our diet is not a good choice.

Eating celery in moderation is a great healthy snack that may help you burn a few extra calories throughout the day.