Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First - Episode 289/Understanding The Thermic Effect Of Food

Saturday                        30th June 2018

Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First

Hello and welcome to #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 289

Title:          Understanding The Thermic Effect Of Food

Are you aware that...

The foods you consume actually trigger the metabolic process in your body and require an expenditure of energy to digest, absorb and transport the nutrients to the proper body cells?

This metabolic process is called the thermic effect of food

or TEF.

The energy used to process the food you've eaten is 5-10

per cent of your body's daily energy requirements.

The thermic effect of food is the calorie cost of digesting and processing the nutrients you've consumed. 

Thermic effect or TEF can be defined as the "increase in

metabolic rate after ingestion of a meal."

Foods are not all created equal...different foods process and

use energy at different rates, some have higher thermic effects

than others.

Protein has a thermic effect upward of 5 times greater than

carbohydrates or fat. You'll easily burn 30 per cent of the calories contained in lean-protein products just to process and digest them.

What does this mean?

Your body is hard at work even while eating...

It means you will burn more calories eating protein than you

will when consuming carbs or fat because your body works 

harder in the digestion process.

Carbohydrates come in second with the next highest

expenditure of energy to process. The thermic effect of carbs

runs between 15-20 percent of the calories contained in those foods.

Fats come in at 2-3 percent thermic effect...in other words...they are the most easily digested and use the least amount of calories in processing.

This equates to a 97-98 net caloric gain from fats compared to a

70 percent net caloric gain with lean protein.

Now you know how your body uses energy to process your food intake and how that energy works to burn calories.

Are you aware...

When it comes to metabolism, aerobic exercise is good for burning calories while you are performing but it is resistance training or weight training that has the long lasting metabolic boost.

Your body's metabolism stays in gear long after you've completed your weight work-out...

that equates to extra calories burned...

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