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Yep, that would be another way to get relatively useless results, since protein metabolism is not at all energy efficient compared to carbs or fats. So if calo
by plaguuuuuu 11y ago
Yep, that would be another way to get relatively useless results, since protein metabolism is not at all energy efficient compared to carbs or fats.
So if caloric intake is kept constant at say 1500 but protein makes up a large proportion, "usable" calories is actually much smaller.
- leshow 11y agoI don't think the TEF has a very large effect honestly. I think the other things that come with a high protein diet such an increased lean mass probably have a larger effect. Still in most low carb studies the low carb group is really just the high protein group. It's pretty obvious that you can't draw any kind of reliable conclusion if you change more than one variable