The 10 Best Low Calorie Foods for Weight Loss

For those looking to lose weight eating fewer calories is an essential step.

This article provides you with a list of low-calorie foods to incorporate in your diet. These foods should be eaten without added sugars, fats, and salt.

Low-calorie foods include water, tea, salad greens, soup broth, mushrooms, strawberries, vegetable soup, whole grain toast, cod, eggs, and low-fat cottage cheese. People on a weight-loss diet should aim to eat between 1500-1800 calories per day, depending on how active they are.

Below are 10 low-calorie foods, for more see the full ranking of all foods low in calories.

List of Low Calorie Foods

1 Water

• 0 calories per 8oz cup
• 0 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Club soda, diet cola, and green tea also have 0 calories.

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Nutrition Facts for Tap Water.

2 Salad Greens (Watercress)

• 4 calories per cup
• 11 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

More Salad Greens Low in Calories

-5 calories per cup of arugula
-5 calories per cup of lettuce
-16 calories in a cup of cucumber

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Nutrition Facts for Watercress.

3 Soup Broth

• 11 calories per cup
• 5 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Vegetable Broth.

4 Vegetables (Mushrooms)

• 15 calories per cup
• 22 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

More Vegetables Low in Calories

-19 calories per cup of radishes
-35 calories per cup of eggplant
-40 calories per cup of asparagus

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Nutrition Facts for White Button Mushrooms.

5 Fruits (Strawberries)

• 53 calories per cup
• 32 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

More Fruits Low in Calories

-60 calories per cup of peaches
-60 calories per cup of cantaloupe
-62 calories per cup of grapes

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Nutrition Facts for Strawberries.

6 Vegetable Soup

• 67 calories per cup
• 28 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Vegetable Soup.

7 Whole Grain Toast

• 69 calories per slice
• 288 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Multi-grain Toast.

8 Cod

• 71 calories per 3oz fillet
• 84 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

More Fish Low in Calories

-94 calories in 3oz of scallops
-98 calories in a cup of blue crab
-101 calories in 3oz of shrimp

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Nutrition Facts for Cooked Cod.

9 Eggs

• 78 calories in 1 large egg
• 155 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Hard Boiled Eggs.

10 Low-Fat Cottage Cheese

• 81 calories per oz
• 72 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

More Cheese Low in Calories

-19 calories in 1 tablespoon of cream cheese
-44 calories in 1oz of non-fat cheddar
-72 calories in 1oz of low-fat mozzarella

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Nutrition Facts for Lowfat Cottage Cheese (1%).