Post by Tim Wescott on Jan 30, 2005 19:26:36 GMT -5
Thermal Effect of Proteins:
It takes more energy for your body to break down proteins and use them than it does for simpler foods like sugars. The thermal effect of proteins is the highest of all foods.
After eating protein your metabolic rate will increase by approximately 17 to 20 percent. In other words, if you eat 100 calories of protein, 17 to 20 calories will be used just to digest the protein! By comparison, the thermal effect of carbohydrates is typically around 10-percent while fat is just 5-percent.
If you can eat complex food every three hours while awake, your body will better utilize the nutrients you consume because the nutrients are in appropriate quantities, which your body can easily break down and use. Too many nutrients ingested at once tend to overload your digestive system. Thus, many valuable nutrients are converted to fat.
Frequent feeding helps to stabilize blood sugar levels, which in turn reduces hunger and cravings, halts fat storage and reduces the feeling of sluggis hness that accompanies big meals.
Many people follow a daily diet like this by eating six small meals each day and swear it is the fastest and most painless way to lose fat and gain muscle!
It takes more energy for your body to break down proteins and use them than it does for simpler foods like sugars. The thermal effect of proteins is the highest of all foods.
After eating protein your metabolic rate will increase by approximately 17 to 20 percent. In other words, if you eat 100 calories of protein, 17 to 20 calories will be used just to digest the protein! By comparison, the thermal effect of carbohydrates is typically around 10-percent while fat is just 5-percent.
If you can eat complex food every three hours while awake, your body will better utilize the nutrients you consume because the nutrients are in appropriate quantities, which your body can easily break down and use. Too many nutrients ingested at once tend to overload your digestive system. Thus, many valuable nutrients are converted to fat.
Frequent feeding helps to stabilize blood sugar levels, which in turn reduces hunger and cravings, halts fat storage and reduces the feeling of sluggis hness that accompanies big meals.
Many people follow a daily diet like this by eating six small meals each day and swear it is the fastest and most painless way to lose fat and gain muscle!