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Eating more protein makes you bigger muscles, and bigger muscles burn more calories all day—even if digesting protein doesn’t.

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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

The study found that eating more protein doesn’t keep your body burning more calories long-term through digestion (DIT), but it didn’t check if it builds more muscle — which the claim says is the real reason for higher calorie burn. So we don’t know if the claim is right or wrong.

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Increased protein intake reduces lean body mass loss during weight loss in athletes.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2010 Feb

The study found that eating more protein helped athletes keep more muscle while losing weight, but it didn’t measure whether their bodies burned more calories because of that protein — so we can’t say if the claim about calorie burning is right or wrong.

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