Raw foods vs cooked foods?

yayhappygirly

So 100g of raw carrot is 42 calories so if I boil 100g of carrot would the calories change?

diannethegeek

The calories in the carrots wouldn't change, but the weight of them would. So if you weighed them after cooking but used a raw entry to log them it would be off. The information on your nutrition label is usually for the raw weight (unless the label specifies otherwise). If you need/want to weigh it after cooking, that's fine. Just be sure you're choosing an accurate and appropriate entry from the database that specifies it's for the cooked weight (ie you wouldn't use a grilled entry if you boiled it, etc)

caroldavison332

However in cooking the carrots you break down the roughage in the skin that feeds that healthy bacteria in your gut. Why are you asking this question? There is minimal calorie difference.