Thermic Effect Of Food

[TheMax]

Roughly 10% of the calories you consume are used to process--digest, absorb, transport, metabolize and store as energy--the foods you eat.
When your body processes food, it uses energy (calories) and gives off heat.
This is referred to as thermogenesis. Therefore, if you consume 3,000 calories, 300 of them will be used for processing.
Now, depending on the types of foods you eat, your calorie expenditure may either increase or decrease to some extent.
This is due to the thermic effect of food, which basically means that processing different types of food requires different amounts of energy or heat production.
As a whole, proteins offer the greatest thermic effect, and fats the least. Spices such as paprika and spicy foods like hot peppers elicit the greatest thermic effect.
Brussels sprouts and cabbage are capable of evoking a goiterogenic effect (a slowing down of your metabolism) when consumed in large quantities.
So in an attempt to really dial in your diet, you may also want to consider the thermic effect of the food you eat.
Spicing it up just a bit might make the difference between cut and ripped.

Macronutrient Source-----Calories Eaten----CaloriesUsed----Net Retained

Carbohydrate------100---4---96 Calories
Fat------------------100---3---97 Calories
Protein-------------100---7---93 Calories

[Animal]

It sounds like a bullshit to me.
You mean thermogenic and not termic I guess.
BTW the whole thing is right,but not the final string:"Spicing it up just a bit might make the difference between cut and ripped"

I hope you were kidding

[Gigars]

X TheMax

Your considerations are very intresting. Another voice who say "proteins are never enough". BTW it depends. There are three different human morphotypes, ENDOmorph, MESOmorph, ECTOmorph. The absorbtion of the food is very keen on change from a person to another...
Ciao.