Research
Metabolic adaptation
The means for sleeping and resting metabolic rates, thermic effect of food, and spontaneous physical activity were unchanged between diets.
Metabolic rates and activity levels are not significantly affected by high-fat versus high-carbohydrate diets.
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The means for sleeping and resting metabolic rates, thermic effect of food, and spontaneous physical activity were unchanged.
Why this rating
Based on study design from abstract.
Source
Energy expenditure in humans: effects of dietary fat and carbohydrate
William G.H. Abbott et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 1990
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