Acid accumulation is associated with metabolic alterations; higher energy, fat, and protein intake; and energy expenditure.
Andrés M Treviño-AlvarezTomás Cabeza De BacaEmma J StinsonMarci E GluckPaolo PiaggiSusanne B VotrubaJonathan KrakoffDouglas C ChangPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2024)
In healthy individuals, acid accumulation was associated with an unfavorable metabolic phenotype; higher 24-h EE; and increased total energy, fat, and protein intake. Acid accumulation markers, as putative markers of higher dietary acid load (e.g., from protein), may affect energy balance physiology promoting weight gain.