Re: Mussels carb count.

[Opinicus]

"Perdu" >

> Raw they show 1 cup at 5.53 gram. Steamed or poached 10.98
> gram.
> This may have been discussed, but what am I missing? How
> can you steam 5.5
> carbs and turn them into 11?

Cooking food usually reduces its volume. (A notable
exception is popcorn.) If you take a cup of raw mussels
(5.53 grams of carb) and steam or poach them, you will end
up with about half a cup of cooked mussels whose carb count
will still be 5.53 grams. Therefore it would take two whole
cups of raw mussels (11 grams) to make one cup of cooked
mussels (11 grams).

In most cases cooking doesn't alter the carb or calorie
count by very much. It does reduce the volume considerably
however, which means you end up with essentially the same
carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume.

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

[warehouse]

Perdu wrote:
> Imagine my surprise.
>
> I love mussels and checked the carb count on Fitday. The USDA did
not have
> it, only clams.
>
> Raw they show 1 cup at 5.53 gram. Steamed or poached 10.98 gram.
>
> This may have been discussed, but what am I missing? How can you
steam 5.5
> carbs and turn them into 11?
> Best Regards,
>
> Steve
>
> Tout est per=B7du fors l'hon=B7neur

USDA SR-17 database has the same "Mullosks, mussel, blue, raw" entry
NDB: 15164 as Fitday.

[Bev-Ann]

The same thing happens to a lot of frozen fruit and veggies. I went nuts
trying to figure out why 1 cup of frozen strawberries had a lot more carbs
than 1 cup of fresh strawberries in FitDay until I realized that the count
for frozen meant they had been thawed thereby compacting them. Since I
measure my berries while they're still frozen, I count them as fresh when
entering them in FitDay.

on Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:25:13 +0200, "Opinicus" > wrote:

>Cooking food usually reduces its volume. (A notable
>exception is popcorn.) If you take a cup of raw mussels
>(5.53 grams of carb) and steam or poach them, you will end
>up with about half a cup of cooked mussels whose carb count
>will still be 5.53 grams. Therefore it would take two whole
>cups of raw mussels (11 grams) to make one cup of cooked
>mussels (11 grams).
>
>In most cases cooking doesn't alter the carb or calorie
>count by very much. It does reduce the volume considerably
>however, which means you end up with essentially the same
>carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume.

-----
Bev

[Bev-Ann]

Customize your columns in FitDay to show 'Carb - Fiber'. I don't bother
showing the 'Carb' column at all.

on Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:50:35 GMT, Perdu
> wrote:

> Another thing about Fitday is the fiber is not taken out it seems. But
>this has been discussed.

-----
Bev