Raw vs cooked?

shay77223
shay77223 Posts: 29 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
im trying to study up on my calorie counts and portions and all. Is there a huge difference in the calories between cooked and raw veggies? I know there is lots of controversy about vitamins lost during cooking, but what about just plain calories?

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  • allyphoe
    allyphoe Posts: 618 Member
    Cooking food makes it easier to digest, so you might burn fewer calories processing it. Not enough to worry about.
  • withoutasaddle
    withoutasaddle Posts: 191 Member
    I usually see that the calories are higher for cooked veggies. Not much- less than double (which for veggies is still pretty much nothing), so no, don't worry about it
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    The calories are the same. The difference is that when you weigh them before and after cooking there is a difference because of water weight. Weight before cooking.
  • NJGamerChick
    NJGamerChick Posts: 467 Member
    Cooking certain foods also makes vitamins and minerals more available to the body.
  • shay77223
    shay77223 Posts: 29 Member
    Thanks guys, this is what I suspected, but it was one of those questions that would nag at me forever if I didn't just ask.
  • ariamythe
    ariamythe Posts: 130 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    The calories are the same. The difference is that when you weigh them before and after cooking there is a difference because of water weight. Weight before cooking.

    There's also the method of prep to look at. Cooked veggies can often be more calories because we introduce things like oils or butter when we cook them. Like when roasting asparagus -- calories go up because I'm drizzling EVOO on them, but soooooooo worth it.
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