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Research shows the thermic effect of food is highest for protein-rich foods because our bodies need to use more energy to break down and digest proteins.

“One of the big black box elements in all of this is the thermic effect of food,” Urlacher says, referring to how much energy a person burns in digesting food.

Diet quality can alter the body's energy expenditure, which is also called the thermic effect of food.

Precautions were taken to protect two nearby thermic power plants in the vicinity, though they were not in immediate danger.

Weiss says the snowman was first a commission of a German thermic power plant, year round.