Sautéed Foods! Help!
TorStar80
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I need help. How do I log foods that have been sautéed? Let's say I use no oil and sauté them... do they contain more calories than raw? I feel like this should be logical but I want to err on the side of caution and make sure I'm not screwing up.
Thanks!!
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If you aren't adding anything to them, they'd have the same nutritional content as raw1
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I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.1
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The cooking process primarily reduces water content. It may lower the weight but not the calories. It will not increase the calories unless you add ingredients for cooking, but if you are diabetic, cooking can increase the glycemic index (how quickly the sugars in food are absorbed by the bloodstream).3
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Thanks everyone..
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I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
You can use the recipe builder if you're cooking a bunch of different veggies and serving to your family. Or for just one type - weigh the total and divide it until the number of servings you want. So if you had 400 grams of carrots but you're only eating 1/4 - Log the calories for 100 grams. Cook them, weigh them - now say they're 200 grams - take your 50 grams (200/4) - but it still is the same calories as for 100 raw grams.2 -
I know water has zero calories, but water has weight so unless I eat everything I weighed raw, I would need more information than that.Ready2Rock206 wrote: »I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
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I know water has zero calories, but water has weight so unless I eat everything I weighed raw, I would need more information than that.Ready2Rock206 wrote: »I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
Okay - you can log whatever you want and for most veggies it isn't really going to matter but when you get closer to your goal weight you might need to be more accurate and if you're only logging partial calories because you don't like the higher number you may run into issues.1 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
I know water has zero calories, but water has weight so unless I eat everything I weighed raw, I would need more information than that.Ready2Rock206 wrote: »I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
Okay - you can log whatever you want and for most veggies it isn't really going to matter but when you get closer to your goal weight you might need to be more accurate and if you're only logging partial calories because you don't like the higher number you may run into issues.
I get a higher calorie content weighing the way I do rather than just using the raw weight for a cooked food.0 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
I know water has zero calories, but water has weight so unless I eat everything I weighed raw, I would need more information than that.Ready2Rock206 wrote: »I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
Okay - you can log whatever you want and for most veggies it isn't really going to matter but when you get closer to your goal weight you might need to be more accurate and if you're only logging partial calories because you don't like the higher number you may run into issues.
I get a higher calorie content weighing the way I do rather than just using the raw weight for a cooked food.
Hmm...1 -
meganridenour wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
I know water has zero calories, but water has weight so unless I eat everything I weighed raw, I would need more information than that.Ready2Rock206 wrote: »I weigh my veggies raw and again after they have been cooked. Then take the calories from the raw weight and divide it by the cooked weight to get a per gram calorie amount. I'm not sure if it's completely accurate though.
No - you'd just log the raw weight. They didn't lose calories - they lost water. Water has zero calories.
Okay - you can log whatever you want and for most veggies it isn't really going to matter but when you get closer to your goal weight you might need to be more accurate and if you're only logging partial calories because you don't like the higher number you may run into issues.
I get a higher calorie content weighing the way I do rather than just using the raw weight for a cooked food.
Hmm...
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I did find an article that talks about the density of veggies once cooked, but i guess if it's just one person eating then it shouldn't matter.0
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I just put in sauteed veggies whatever they are - example 1 cup sauteed mushrooms . If with oil add oil ( 1 tbs coconut oil )1
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