It may be a bit surprising for many people who care about their health to know that not all calories are equal. Depending on where you get your calories, you may be getting less calories than you think.
Thermogenesis or thermogenic effect referred to food is a term used to refer to the way they increase the heat your body produces to digest, resulting in an increase in metabolism for a short time.
A super basic level, the thermogenic effect is the result of your body expends energy to digest food. Some energy sources are less available than others and therefore require more effort to ensure that the body can use. Importantly, this effect applies only at macronutricional. Do not make any difference if you try to make it more difficult for your body to properly chew food. The rule is still being implemented: Chew to liquefy. If you do, instead of speeding up your metabolism, most likely end up with indigestion and bloating.
The proteins are first in the hierarchy of macronutrients in terms of thermogenic effect is concerned. On average, 27% of the calories you consume proteins are used in the process of digesting. And this is attributed to the fact that proteins have to be converted into amino acids to be used, which is an intensive process at the intracellular level. If you eat 300 calories of pure protein (such as egg whites or something similar), thermogenesis burn 81 calories in digestion, leaving 219 calories to the body to use. (more…)
