Measuring proteins

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dia_nruf
dia_nruf Posts: 112 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
When recording your protein in your diary is it before or after cooking weight?

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  • hollyrayburn
    hollyrayburn Posts: 905 Member
    Before.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    typically before, although there are MFP-official entries for cooked portions too you just have to be diligent in selecting the right one. (MFP official entries are the ones in the database with no *asterisk in front of them, if you didn't know). I tend to weigh my portions raw, but if someone else has done the cooking or if I've eaten out, for example, I'll use the cooked entry because I have no way to know how much it shrunk in the cooking process. I attached an image showing the MFP official entries for cooked breast so you can see what I'm talking about :)
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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    It depends on what is in the data base. I try to look for "raw."
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