Refined foods like cake or candy tend to be easier to
digest than whole foods like vegetables, fruit, and meat, so they usually have a higher thermic effect as well.
Not exact matches
A really interesting new study has found that
digesting whole foods requires more energy
than digesting processed
food — even when the calories in both
foods are equal.
A liquid meal is also better
than a
whole food meal in that it is
digested faster.
The liquid supplements that have fast -
digesting protein such as whey hydrolysates and isolates, as well quickly -
digesting carbs like dextrose and maltodextrin have a better chance of absorption
than whole food meals, which is another advantage for supplements.
Whole -
food plants are more recognizable to your body and easier for your gut to
digest than animal proteins.
Previously, protein shakes were thought to
digest faster in the stomach
than whole foods providing muscle - building nutrients to the recovering muscles quicker.
Because of the tightly packed starchstructure of einkorn, the amylose is more slowly
digested than amylopectin, thus lowering glucose and insulin levels in the blood after meals and maintaining satiety longer.J Sci
Food Agric 2014; 94: 601 — 612In a 2003 study, researchers at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, compared three different loaves: einkorn bread made with honey - salt leavening; naturally - leavened einkorn bread made with crushed
whole grains; and commercial yeast bread made with modern wheat.
For the slower
digesting protein it makes more sense to me to use a
whole food source rather
than a protein powder.
This includes modern sports nutrition drinks as well as a higher use of
whole foods such as yams and fruit that are high in carbs and can replenish muscle glycogen much faster
than other starchy
foods which take longer to
digest.
It
digests much quicker
than protein from
whole food sources, which means it's excellent for before your workouts.
Because
digesting proteins and converting them to carbohydrates requires more energy
than utilizing a
whole food carbohydrates, energy is lost in the process (and protein - packing ingredients essentially go to waste).