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Eating extra protein doesn’t burn more calories over time—even though it does right after eating.

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Effects of Varying Protein Amounts and Types on Diet-Induced Thermogenesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2024 Dec

Eating a lot of protein for a short time makes your body burn more calories right away, but eating a lot of protein every day for weeks or months doesn’t keep burning extra calories from digestion — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Effects of Varying Protein Amounts and Types on Diet-Induced Thermogenesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2024 Dec

Eating a lot more protein for a long time doesn’t keep your body burning extra calories from digestion, even though it does so briefly right after eating. The study shows this long-term effect fades, which matches the claim.

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The significance of protein in food intake and body weight regulation

Narrative Review
2003 Nov

The study says eating more protein over a long time keeps your body burning more calories, even after the initial boost — which is the opposite of what the claim says.

Contradicting (1)

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High Compared with Moderate Protein Intake Reduces Adaptive Thermogenesis and Induces a Negative Energy Balance during Long-term Weight-Loss Maintenance in Participants with Prediabetes in the Postobese State: A PREVIEW Study

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2020 Mar 1

This study found that eating more protein over a long time actually kept the body burning more calories, even after weight loss — which is the opposite of what the claim says.

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