Heating Blueberries

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Lov3lif3
Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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I really love zero yogurt and got blueberries. I am wondering now I am counting calories, would I need to add extra calories? I only hear them for 30 seconds in the microwave so they are oosing - then add 2 big spoons of zero yogurt. Good heaven!
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  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 775 Member
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    If you are asking...

    Does microwaving increase calories in blueberries? No, but theoretically some water may evaporate. Just measure the blueberries before you heat them and use the raw blueberry entry.
    Do I need to count calories from blueberries? Yes. Weigh (by preference) the blueberries, or measure by volume.
    Do I need to count the calories from my blueberry and yogurt snack? Yes. Even low cal snacks add up over the course of the day.

    Hope that helps.
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
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    Blueberries have calories so weigh the amount you are going to eat and log then accordingly
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,089 Member
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    Count all foods you consume
    It makes no difference if they are oozing or not.
    Weigh all your solids with a food scale. Measuring cups for liquids.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Have you got a weigh scale yet? That will tell you how many calories you are getting from your zero fat yogurt and your blueberries. With MFP you count the calories of everything you consume.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    Is the question about the fact that the blueberries were heated, whether or not that might negate some/all of the calories in them and thus make it unnecessary to log them?

    Just wanted to make sure I was understanding the original question because I feel I must be missing something otherwise.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    Yes, count the calories for both the yogurt and the blueberries. Microwaving will not change the calorie count.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    Thank you. I was told that any fruit which has been heated will release sugsrs making it more calorific, hence the question.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
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    Lov3lif3 wrote: »
    Thank you. I was told that any fruit which has been heated will release sugsrs making it more calorific, hence the question.

    Um, no.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    0.001 calories per gram per degree C of extra temperature is the number of calories to add for heating, approximately.

    100g of blueberries at 40 C compared to 20C = 2 extra calories.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    yarwell wrote: »
    0.001 calories per gram per degree C of extra temperature is the number of calories to add for heating, approximately.

    100g of blueberries at 40 C compared to 20C = 2 extra calories.

    Thank you.. I think people though I was going mad with the replies here. It's very minimal calories but answers it perfectly.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    whmscll wrote: »
    Lov3lif3 wrote: »
    Thank you. I was told that any fruit which has been heated will release sugsrs making it more calorific, hence the question.

    Um, no.

    Um, yes.. see other comment.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Yes, count the calories for both the yogurt and the blueberries. Microwaving will not change the calorie count.

    Heating it does, see other comment.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    This is my favorite thread.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    WinoGelato wrote: »
    Is the question about the fact that the blueberries were heated, whether or not that might negate some/all of the calories in them and thus make it unnecessary to log them?

    Just wanted to make sure I was understanding the original question because I feel I must be missing something otherwise.

    Why would I think it would negate any calories? When you heat fruit, it releases the sugars and hence more calorific. I want to ensure I'm counting every calorie. So.. no I'm not trying to Not Log them.. the complete opposite! See the other reply to my question.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    jgnatca wrote: »
    Have you got a weigh scale yet? That will tell you how many calories you are getting from your zero fat yogurt and your blueberries. With MFP you count the calories of everything you consume.

    Yes I am but the question was if there were more calories to count..and I can see from Yarwell that there are.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »
    If you are asking...

    Does microwaving increase calories in blueberries? No, but theoretically some water may evaporate. Just measure the blueberries before you heat them and use the raw blueberry entry.
    Do I need to count calories from blueberries? Yes. Weigh (by preference) the blueberries, or measure by volume.
    Do I need to count the calories from my blueberry and yogurt snack? Yes. Even low cal snacks add up over the course of the day.

    Hope that helps.

    Does heating blueberries increase calories? Yes.. See Yarwell's reply here. Although minimal, they are still EXTRA calories.

    Why would I not count the calories??
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    edited February 2016
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    yarwell wrote: »
    0.001 calories per gram per degree C of extra temperature is the number of calories to add for heating, approximately.

    100g of blueberries at 40 C compared to 20C = 2 extra calories.

    I never knew that, thanks. Informative post.

    Does anyone have any info on it?
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    xxnellie146xx wrote: »
    Blueberries have calories so weigh the amount you are going to eat and log then accordingly

    Yes of course they have calories, and more when heated which I am now aware of thanks to a reply from Yarwell.
  • Lov3lif3
    Lov3lif3 Posts: 67 Member
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    RodaRose wrote: »
    This is my favorite thread.

    Thank you. Others have replied as if it was a dumb question and I was trying to get out of adding the food calories... It was the opposite in fact I don't know why people had to assume I was trying to get away without adding the food calories lol. When I was asking about the extra calories fruit has when it's heated. Thanks again.
  • Becca_250
    Becca_250 Posts: 188 Member
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    I did not know that.

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