brown rice and replacing bread

Hilauren
Hilauren Posts: 18
in Food and Nutrition
Hey everyone
I'm thinking up some ideas for lunch (Weirdly, we don't have a microwave, or even a staff room for that matter!) So it's something quick I could eat cold. I'd like to try some brown rice salad sort of thing, I know people measure by the cup, but how would that weigh on scales? Does any body know how many calories would be in 200 grams of cooked brown rice? I'm also replacing wholemeal bread with brown rice for lunch, is this something that could help bloating or weight loss? Thanks!

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  • monolith66
    monolith66 Posts: 168 Member
    Dry goods should be weighed on a food scale, cups is for liquid. Almost all rice has the macros on the package, figure it out.
  • Hilauren
    Hilauren Posts: 18
    Dry goods should be weighed on a food scale, cups is for liquid. Almost all rice has the macros on the package, figure it out.

    Well I was asking people for help because i'm new to this but I guess I will just go and figure it out
  • stevenxd
    stevenxd Posts: 2 Member
    this is the brown rice i eat and the nutrition info is at the bottom.

    http://www.hmart.com/shopnow/shopnow_newsub.asp?p=761898667415

    i believe a 1/4 cup (~45g) should come out to about 3/4 cup of cooked rice - all equal to 160 kcal. i don't know how many grams that is, but hopefully that gives you an idea of how many calories you will end up eating.
  • kirkor
    kirkor Posts: 2,530 Member
    @Hilauren:
    Weigh your rice before you cook it, it will be more accurate ... data for cooked rice will vary due to the amount of water used.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Agree with weighing before cooking. It's easier as well as more accurate. If you want to figure out the calories in a possible meal, one good way is to pre-log it. You can always modify or delete if you don't like the results. There's also a recipe feature but I usually don't bother with it when just cooking for me. I found a grams entry in MFP for cooked brown rice--looks like it would be a little more than 200--but packages will generally give you the info to figure calories for any number of uncooked grams. The calories are the same cooked, but obviously the weight is more when the water is added and it varies somewhat.

    I personally find rice more filling than even whole grain bread, but nutritionally they seem to me about the same (both fine) unless you have issues with bread. You might want to try it and see. If nothing else, variety is nice.

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