Your health: Foods that burn more calories

Foods that burn more calories

They are the foods most people would shun when hunger pangs strike, reaching for chips, chocolate or cookies instead.

But for those wanting to lose weight — or lead a healthier lifestyle — there are certain foods that simply while eating burns more calories than they contain, the Daily Mail reports.

Known as “negative-calorie” food, tucking these foods into your daily eating is the perfect way to give in to cravings without being assailed by feelings of guilt.

• Cucumbers. Calorie content: 100g contains 16 calories

• Asparagus. Calorie content: 100g contains 20 calories

• Cauliflower. Calorie content: 100g contains 25 calories

• Lean, low-calorie meats. Calorie content of chicken breast: 100g contains 172 calories.

• Tomatoes. Calorie content: 100g contains 18 calories

• Papaya. Calorie content of papaya: 100g contains 43 calories

• Chili. Calorie content of chili peppers: 100g contains 40 calories

• Apples. Calorie content of apples: 100g contains 52 calories

• Coffee. Calorie content of plain brewed black coffee: Two calories

Do germy waiting rooms make you sick?

For all you parents who feel like your children come down with something after going to the doctor for a mere checkup, you're not just imagining it, the Huffington Post reports.

A new study in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology shows that well-child doctor appointments — whether it be to get a needed vaccination or for an annual exam — are associated with a higher risk of experiencing flu-like symptoms within the next two weeks.

And it's not just the kids — family members seem to have the increased risk, too.

The increased risks mean 778,974 flu-like illnesses a year that could potentially be avoided (not to mention the associated $500 million in costs).

The findings don't mean that families should avoid well-child visits. Rather, they should be considered a wake-up call to doctor offices to keep waiting rooms clean, and for workers in doctor offices to continually wash their hands to avoid spreading infections.

“Even with interventions, such as the restricted use of communal toys or separate sick and well-child waiting areas, if hand-hygiene compliance is poor, and potentially infectious patients are not wearing masks, preventable infections will continue to occur,” study researcher Dr. Phil Polgreen, M.D., MPH, an associate professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the University of Iowa, said in a statement.