Sentences with phrase «calories during the digestion process»

The thermic effect of protein is as high as 35 percent, which translates into 35 percent of burned protein calories during the digestion process.

You see, when all foods gets digested, your body actually burns calories during that digestion process.

Not exact matches

For example, a 100 - calorie chicken breast requires 30 calories to be processed during digestion.

As expected, protein is the winner of this race — 20 - 30 % of total calories from protein get burned during the digestion process, so this macronutrient takes the most energy to digest.

These are great foods because of their nutritional value to your body and their calories are used up during the digestion process.

For example, if you eat 200 calories worth of protein, your body will use 20 - 35 % of them in digestion, whereas if you get them from fat, only 5 - 10 % of them will be used up during digestive processes.

B) Increase the number of calories that are burned as heat energy during the process of digestion, otherwise known as the «thermic effect of food» or «TEF» for short.