Quality of calories

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  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Quality doesn't matter much for weight loss. I mainly focus on filling foods, so I would say I eat sweets in lower quantities, but I still have plenty, enough that I don't crave them.

    Macros matter some - protein is definitely a good thing to have enough of, to spare lean mass (strength training also works wonders here).
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,173 Member
    Protein "costs" slightly more calories to metabolize (via the thermic effect of food, or TEF). And I read a tiny little study that suggested that whole foods may also have a more-beneficial-to-weight-loss TEF (Postprandial energy expenditure in whole-food and processed-food meals: implications for daily energy expenditure - no idea whether it's been replicated, etc.).

    But these are pretty small effects, not something you can stake a weight-loss effort on.

    I gotta believe that the effect on satiation, cravings, etc. - which is somewhat individual - is a bigger issue in practical terms.

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