Lisa heard celery has negative calories. The Internet article she read said it takes more calories to digest, absorb, and use the nutrients in celery than celery actually provides. Lisa wonders if she should try adding more celery to her diet to lose weight. Use the following information to determine which option best explains whether or not celery has negative calories. 1 cup of chopped celery has 15 Calories. If it took 6 minutes for a person to chew the celery before swallowing, that would use approximately 2 Calories. The thermic effect of food for celery would be approximately 1.5 Calories. Group of answer choices Celery does not have negative calories because 1 cup of chopped celery would still provide approximately 11.5 Calories to the body after someone chews, digests and absorbs the nutrients. Celery has negative calories because it provides fewer calories than what is needed to chew, digest, and absorb the nutrients.