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Broscience FTW
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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/5144/57550 -
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?0 -
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.0
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