Nutrition without Calories

So, essentially, we can group foods into one of four categories. There’s stuff that’s nutritious—but has calories—in the upper right; calories, but no nutrition—junk food; and then, there’s stuff with neither calories nor nutrition. Is there anything that’s nutritious, but doesn’t add any calories? Well, there’s water. That’s good for you, and calorie-free. But how can one add nutrition to the water, though—without adding calories?

We can make some tea. Has all the water of water, but as a bonus, is packed with phytonutrients. It’s nutrition, without calories. Every time we drink just water, we are losing an opportunity to get nutrients by drinking tea instead.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

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• Clement Y. Can green tea do that? A literature review of the clinical evidence. Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):83-7.

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