Misconception #2: Excess calories from carbohydrates causes more weight gain than those from protein

Again,any excess calories,whether from carbohydrates,fat or protein, will ultimately be stored as fat. The body is,however,more efficient at storing excess calories from fat than excess calories from protein or carbohydrates. That’s because ingested fat (the fat in the foods we eat) has almost the exact same chemical structure as the stored fat in your body—so it requires very little chemical manipulation to store ingested fat. About 98% of excess calories ingested from fat will be stored. Excess calories from protein and carbohydrates require significant energy to convert them into fat, meaning that about 75% of these surplus calories typically wind up as stored body fat.

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