The thermic effect of foods can contribute to total energy expended in a day because:
a. certain foods and herbs can intensify the increase in BMR when eaten with a meal.
b. the energy expended metabolizing food can represent 40% of the daily energy used.
c. it is much more efficient than the energy burned in physical activity
d. it uses up about 40% of a meal's energy, contributing the largest portion of total expended energy.
e. metabolism is stepped up for several hours after a meal in the metabolic response to food ingestion.
e
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