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Broscience FTW

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  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    But MAN, saying that you can eat at a surplus and still lose weight--that is a pretty egregious error and I can't remain silent on something like that.

    In all fairness to her, my understanding is it's theoretically possible to lose weight in a calorie surplus, since the thermic effect of food (TEF) varies for different foods.

    This study showed that the TEF was higher for a whole food meal than a processed one of equal calories:

    http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/5144/5755
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    But MAN, saying that you can eat at a surplus and still lose weight--that is a pretty egregious error and I can't remain silent on something like that.

    In all fairness to her, my understanding is it's theoretically possible to lose weight in a calorie surplus, since the thermic effect of food (TEF) varies for different foods.

    This study showed that the TEF was higher for a whole food meal than a processed one of equal calories:

    http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/5144/5755

    See table 2, any potential confounders?
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    But MAN, saying that you can eat at a surplus and still lose weight--that is a pretty egregious error and I can't remain silent on something like that.

    In all fairness to her, my understanding is it's theoretically possible to lose weight in a calorie surplus, since the thermic effect of food (TEF) varies for different foods.

    This study showed that the TEF was higher for a whole food meal than a processed one of equal calories:

    http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/5144/5755

    Okay but TEF is still part of the calories in/calories out equation, so if TEF is greater that makes you no longer in a surplus.
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