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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / February 2005Mussels carb count.
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·du fors l'hon·neur No wonder you're still so fat.  SignatureMost people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW > Imagine my surprise. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tout est per?du fors l'hon?neur > No wonder you're still so fat. 010001110110111101100001011011100010000001000110011101010110001101101011011110010110111101110101011100100111001101100101011011000110011000100001 Best Regards, Steve Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur "Perdu" <perdu.conundrum@SPAMBAITgmail.com> > 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. SignatureBob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com 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. >Cooking food usually reduces its volume. (A notable >exception is popcorn.) If you take a cup of raw mussels [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >however, which means you end up with essentially the same >carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume. ----- Bev > "Perdu" <perdu.conundrum@SPAMBAITgmail.com> > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > however, which means you end up with essentially the same > carbs and calories packed into a smaller volume. This is understood. However, the 1 cup of raw mussels I had cooked had shrinked perhaps 20% if that. But it makes sense on things that shrink in cooking. This was not the case here. Best Regards, Steve Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur > Imagine my surprise. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur USDA SR-17 database has the same "Mullosks, mussel, blue, raw" entry NDB: 15164 as Fitday. > > Imagine my surprise. > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > USDA SR-17 database has the same "Mullosks, mussel, blue, raw" entry > NDB: 15164 as Fitday. Seems Fitday simply draws on the USDA. The downloaded USDA on my desktop did not show mussels at all. But fitday yielded it on search. I did not check the USDA online. Another thing about Fitday is the fiber is not taken out it seems. But this has been discussed. Best Regards, Steve Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur 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 <perdu.conundrum@SPAMBAITgmail.com> wrote: > Another thing about Fitday is the fiber is not taken out it seems. But >this has been discussed. ----- Bev |
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