Peanuts

miratps

Hi all,

Quick question. So I just found out (yes I'm slow) that if you boil peanuts (which I love) they have less calories than when eating them raw. Now for the even stupider part:

Does it matter what kind of peanut/but I do this with? For example peanuts from a shell vs redskin peanuts or even almonds etc.

Any help (urgently!) Would be very much appreciated

miratps

Anyone?

JeromeBarry1

The USDA food list for "all types" of peanuts raw or boiled does indeed show lower calories in the boiled. Quite a bit lower. I didn't look to see if this held for raw or boiled almonds or any other nuts.

Noreenmarie1234

The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

cwolfman13

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

I'm going with this

miratps

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

This is what I assumed thanks.

Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries

livingleanlivingclean

miratps wrote: »

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

This is what I assumed thanks.

Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries

I would weigh pre boiling, then weigh after Boiling to determine the difference. I do this when I soak nuts.... The weight goes up about 20/25%

miratps

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

miratps wrote: »

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

This is what I assumed thanks.

Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries

I would weigh pre boiling, then weigh after Boiling to determine the difference. I do this when I soak nuts.... The weight goes up about 20/25%

So lets say I boil 100g of peanuts which = 570 calories for arguments sake. If I then eat 100g of those after boiled, how would I determine the calories? As you say the weight goes up so calories would be different (less hopefully)

ladyreva78

You need to know how much those 100g raw end up weighting when boiled, then it's easy.

For example.
100g raw = 570 cals.
You boil them and they then weight 120g. The amount of calories theoretically remains the same (you didn't add more peanuts, just more water).
So now 120g boiled = 570 cals.

To know how many cals are in 100g boiled:

(570*100)/120 = 475

So instead of the values I used, enter your values for calories raw and weight boiled.

The equation explained:

X/Y = Z/U

X = weight of peanuts boiled
Y = calories in the amount of peanuts boiled
Z = your target weight (can be any number)
U = the amount of calories for your target weight

It's then a matter of solving for U since you know X, Y and Z.
Meaning: (Y*Z)/X = U

ETA: because grammar is hard when combined with math...

Oh and someone correct my math if it's wrong...

miratps

ladyreva78 wrote: »

You need to know how much those 100g raw end up weighting when boiled, then it's easy.

For example.
100g raw = 570 cals.
You boil them and they then weight 120g. The amount of calories theoretically remains the same (you didn't add more peanuts, just more water).
So now 120g boiled = 570 cals.

To know how many cals are in 100g boiled:

(570*100)/120 = 475

So instead of the values I used, enter your values for calories raw and weight boiled.

The equation explained:

X/Y = Z/U

X = weight of peanuts boiled
Y = calories in the amount of peanuts boiled
Z = your target weight (can be any number)
U = the amount of calories for your target weight

It's then a matter of solving for U since you know X, Y and Z.
Meaning: (Y*Z)/X = U

ETA: because grammar is hard when combined with math...

Oh and someone correct my math if it's wrong...

Fantastic, thank you! I'm basically going to print that and stick it up in the kitchen!

ladyreva78

It's simple cross-multiplication math. I use it a lot in the kitchen and when kitting to figure out quantities. It made my life so much easier when I figured it out. Something from all those horrible school-days math classes that actually had a practical application in life.

vegmebuff

Can one boil them and then roast them still for calorie reduction?

fitoverfortymom

I lost weight just reading this thread.