Eat 160 calories of almond and you only burn 130 of those calories… why?
YouTube transcript excerpt (Dr. Ron Najafi) explaining that when you eat 160 calories of almonds you absorb only about 130 calories; approximately 30 calories are not absorbed because almond fiber (soluble and insoluble) carries them past the small intestine where the microbiome metabolizes them, producing ATP and heat that do not count toward the host's absorbed energy. The speaker emphasizes that calorie intake should be measured at the intestinal brush border (absorption) rather than at the lips (food calories).
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