Eating more dairy doesn’t make your body burn more calories at rest—your metabolism stayed the same whether you ate a lot or a little dairy while dieting.
Scientific Claim
In overweight and obese adults on a 12-week energy-restricted diet, resting metabolic rate and fat-free mass remain unchanged regardless of dairy intake at 3–4 servings per day or ≤1 serving per day, indicating that dairy does not alter baseline energy expenditure.
Original Statement
“After controlling for fat-free mass, RMR was not different over time or between treatment groups... We also saw no significant change in lean body mass, and; thus, no change in the resting metabolic rate.”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
appropriately stated
Study Design Support
Design supports claim
Appropriate Language Strength
definitive
Can make definitive causal claims
Assessment Explanation
The RCT design with precise metabolic measurements supports definitive causal language. The claim correctly states no effect on RMR or lean mass.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (0)
Contradicting (1)
The study looked at whether eating more dairy helps people lose weight on a diet, but it didn’t measure how many calories their bodies burned at rest or how much muscle they had, so we can’t say if dairy affects their metabolism.