When food is already broken down, your body doesn't have to work as hard to digest it, so it saves energy and stores more as fat.
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Postprandial energy expenditure in whole-food and processed-food meals: implications for daily energy expenditure
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2010 Jul 214
Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food.
Cohort Study
Animal
2015 Jan1
Protein digestion and absorption: the influence of food processing.
Narrative Review
Human & Animal
2023 DecContradicting (0)
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