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All the other nutrients in food are noncaloric and are thus not counted.

Smoking is also a noncaloric way to satisfy oral cravings.

The sugar has a sweet taste, but cannot be used by the human body and therefore is nonnutritive and noncaloric.

The majority of ingested sucralose is not broken down by the body, so it is noncaloric.

Drink plenty of fluids (approximately 8 glasses of water or noncaloric fluid a day).

When you eat or drink anything other than noncaloric beverages like water or tea, you take in calories.

In addition to its strict daily food prescription, dieters drink 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily.

Fiber adds noncaloric bulk to foods.

Seltzer was still salt-free and noncaloric.

Another highly promising sweetener under review by the Government is sucralose, a noncaloric product derived from sucrose itself.

Jazz up noncaloric waters with fresh citrus, a splash of juice or a sprig of fresh mint.

The savvy dieter finishes one serving then switches to a nonalcoholic, noncaloric beverage such as sparkling water before considering another serving of alcohol.

For example, many European sodas contain noncaloric sweeteners that taste more like sugar, but that have not yet been approved by the F.D.A.

Dr. Stack said industry has been exploring the possibility of using the manmade sugar as a noncaloric sweetener, but that it is extremely expensive to produce in the laboratory.

"It's a fast-growing segment thanks to consumer trends dictating demand for healthier noncaloric beverages," said Andrew J. Conway, a beverage analyst for Salomon Brothers.

In preliminary research, Dr. Anthony Sclafani, a professor at Brooklyn College, has found that given a choice between caloric and noncaloric fat substitutes, laboratory animals quickly learn to choose the high-calorie item.

Dr. Michael Sveda, a chemist who invented cyclamates, a noncaloric sweetener that became widely popular and then was banned by the Government as a possible carcinogen, died on Aug. 10 at his home in Stamford, Conn.

LEAD: GOTTA HAVE HEART Just in case the calendar failed to make its mark, today is Valentine's Day and some libraries are celebrating in noncaloric fashion, mostly saying it with music.