Eating a meal high in alcohol makes your body burn more calories right after eating than eating the same number of calories from carbs or fat, and protein does it a little less.

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Meals with similar energy densities but rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, or alcohol have different effects on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism but not on appetite and energy intake

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

2003 Jan

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Meals with similar energy densities but rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, or alcohol have different effects on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism but not on appetite and energy intake

Score: 31

DOI: 10.1093/AJCN/77.1.91

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