Thermogenic Effect of Food

CBedzz

It's my first week with cronometer, and I posted this in the wrong forum before, so thought I'd post here. Just learning everything, but the first thing I noticed was that for calories burned it only had activity and BMR. Shouldn't there also be a TEF (thermogenic effect of food component)? This can add a significant amount to the daily burn, especially if there is a high protein percentage.

Thanks for the great resource, and thanks for the help,

CBedzz

Karen_Cronometer

Hi CBedzz,

Susan posted a comment on this thread: https://forums.cronometer.com/discussion/843/thermgenic-effect-of-food#latest

Best,

CBedzz

Thanks, I posted twice, the second time in the feature request forum thinking this would be an great feature to add for accuracy and completeness. I read Susan's response, and if you believe what she says, then I understand that no new feature would be needed, but then for accuracy sake, I would think the label needs to be something other than basal metabolic rate.

Karen_Cronometer

Thanks for the suggestion!

In the meantime, you can customize your BMR to account for the TEF if you would like to add these calories to your kcal burned each day.

Best,

CBedzz

Thanks for the help. I apologize if I come off negative. That was not my intent. I am excited about finding your product, but as a software developer nerd (never written any GWT though, lol), I'm a stickler for details in my nutrition/health tracking, and just want to help where I can.

CBedzz