Not sure how to weight the protein I am eating, before or after cooking? It makes a huge difference. I’m a bit of a carnivore and can get more bang for my buck if I cook first, weigh after. Which is ‘correct’?
Weighing protein
Capnbob
(Rob)
#2
It does but in the food tracking apps there is usually a raw and a cooked value so if you pick the appropriate one you should be OK.
paulaL
#3
Maybe I’m using the wrong app, no option for cooked or raw. Stupid Simple Keto by Venn, paid about 10 bucks for it. What do you use?
P
LeCheffre
(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman )
#4
anything that has access to the USDA database will have raw and cooked values for nearly any protein… and frequently very specific.
A tactic that I use to be sure of it is to search the USDA Nutrient Database:
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/
And find the NDB number, which I then search in MyFitnessPal.
Capnbob
(Rob)
#5
I use LoseIt but I think it’s the same for all the big 3 - LoseIt, MyFitnessPal and Cronometer which use the same basic databases plus (often crappy) user submission.
Below is an example… there are entries for ground beef, 2 for broiled and then one for raw (and many others offscreen). It’s hard to tell since the units there are mixed but if you click in and make them all 3 oz, the 97% broiled is 199kcal, the 85% raw is 267kcal and the 75% broiled is 236kcal - which roughly makes sense. This assumes that you drain off some/all the rendered fat I guess?
PS I am only looking at the ones with green check marks since those are externally verified (USDA, manufacturer, etc.)