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cooked vegetables
I know this is a stupid question but...
whenever I look up calories for cooked vegetables on fitday they are considerably more than the raw veggies. Now I know cooked vegetables usually take up less room so a cooked cup of vegetables has more vegetables than a fresh cup, is that why there is a difference? |
Yep.
A cup of raw carrots, cooked down, takes up less than a cup of space. So to get a whole cup of cooked, you need more carrots = more calories. |
Personally, I prefer to track calories using weight compared to cup measurements, because the size you chop things up can also have a big effect on many calories you actually end up serving yourself in addition to cooked vs raw~
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