Lunch Options for Meal Prep- Sweet Potato or Minute Rice
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raven56706
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I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
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mix it up? have a bit of both?0
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Depends on your nutrition needs. And factor in satiety, too.
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Alternate. That way you get the trace from both options.0
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raven56706 wrote: »I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
Without knowing the overall context of your entire diet, it is entirely impossible to know.
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https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/45093594?fgcd=&manu=RIVIANA+FOODS+INC.&format=&count=&max=25&offset=0&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=&ds=&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/11507?fgcd=&manu=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=Sweet+potato,+raw,+unprepared+(Includes+foods+for+USDA's+Food+Distribution+Program)&ds=&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=
I like both. It's good to mix it up.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »raven56706 wrote: »I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
Without knowing the overall context of your entire diet, it is entirely impossible to know.
no diet. Just counting calories.0 -
There's no way to answer this without knowing what else you're eating. Foods don't exist in isolation, the "best" choice for a day is going to depend on the other things you're eating.0
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raven56706 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »raven56706 wrote: »I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
Without knowing the overall context of your entire diet, it is entirely impossible to know.
no diet. Just counting calories.
Diet meaning the food you put in your mouth.
I'm curious. You are wearing a mortarboard in your profile pic. What's your degree in?2 -
raven56706 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »raven56706 wrote: »I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
Without knowing the overall context of your entire diet, it is entirely impossible to know.
no diet. Just counting calories.
I think what she's saying is that it's impossible to tell without knowing the nutritional profile of your diet (noun) overall.
In a vacuum, a sweat potato is going to have a higher concentration of vitamins and minerals and other nutrition, which may or may not be a moot point depending on your overall nutritional profile.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »raven56706 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »raven56706 wrote: »I try to meal prep for the week. I usually use minute rice as it comes in portions already and i can easily count the calories.
with sweet potato, i can make it for the week and weigh.
so just based on nutrition, which is the better option for lunch?
Without knowing the overall context of your entire diet, it is entirely impossible to know.
no diet. Just counting calories.
Diet meaning the food you put in your mouth.
I'm curious. You are wearing a mortarboard in your profile pic. What's your degree in?
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