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Metabolic Origins of Thermogenesis induced by Diet

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IN this communication we discuss the possible origins of dietary induced thermogenesis and attempt to describe the role of energetically non-conservative metabolic pathways in energy homeostasis.

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STIRLING, J., STOCK, M. Metabolic Origins of Thermogenesis induced by Diet. Nature 220, 801–802 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220801a0

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