The Claim

Does eating more protein every day keep boosting your calorie burn after meals over time?

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

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
56score
Challenges
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Cause and effect
2 studies reviewed
In plain English

Even though eating more protein every day makes you burn more calories at rest, it doesn’t make you burn more calories after meals over the long term—your body gets used to it.

See the scientific wording

Chronic higher-protein diets do not significantly increase diet-induced thermogenesis (SMD: 0.10; 95% CI: –0.08, 0.28), indicating that the acute thermogenic effect of protein is not sustained over time, despite increases in total daily and resting energy expenditure.

What the research says

2 studies

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

    The study found that eating more protein over a long time doesn’t make your body burn more calories from digestion (DIT), even though it does raise your overall energy use a bit — so the claim is right.

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

    The study found that eating more protein over a long time doesn’t make your body burn more calories from digestion, even though it does burn a bit more overall — so the short-term calorie-burning boost from protein doesn’t last.

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