Calories in products: raw or cooked?

[sheriff_carter]

Hi all!
Maybe it's a little bit a stupid question, but I'm confused a little, so I decided to ask pros.
The thing is the following: for products that we eat raw (nuts, seeds, fruits etc) we count their weights in a raw state, that's for sure.
But for grains (buckwheat, rice, millet etc) I usually calculated weight in a raw state of the product. Yesterday I have bought the kitchen scales to measure all these calories more accurate. And turned out that rice, for example, weights much more in cooked state after boiling. 100 gr of raw rice = 240 grams after cooking. And it's twice calories I should say.
So how do we measure such things?
Logic suggests that it should be cooked state, cause we measure chicken or fish after cooking, not in raw, right?
But I wanted to hear your opinion.

[Stoneco|d]

Measure rice cooked. Measure oatmeal not cooked.

[Baconbits]

100g of rice after cooking still has the same amount of calories...its just added water

[sheriff_carter]

Measure rice cooked. Measure oatmeal not cooked.

Oh why is that?

[sheriff_carter]

100g of rice after cooking still has the same amount of calories...its just added water

So you're saying it's still 100 gr of rice plus 140 gr of water, so it has calories as 100 gr and not 240 gr after cooking?
Stonecold above you said otherwise, confusing.

[Stoneco|d]

1 cup of raw rice is a lot, I don't think I have ever seen anyone measure rice raw for a diet. Anyways that's how I measure my food but my main carb source is mostly oatmeal and sometimes brown rice.

[sheriff_carter]

1 cup of raw rice is a lot, I don't think I have ever seen anyone measure rice raw for a diet. Anyways that's how I measure my food but my main carb source is mostly oatmeal and sometimes brown rice.

Thanks for reply again. Yes that's why it's confusing.
Rice is about 350 kk per 100 gr, that is why it is a big difference if I measure it raw or cooked. Cause in first case I calculate it as 350 kk and in second case it's 850 and that is a lot.
But I don't get then if you measure rice in cooked state, why you measure oatmeal in raw? I don't see the logic here..

[Stoneco|d]

well I measure oatmeal raw cause 1 cup raw has 60g of carbs or 90g on scale.

[sheriff_carter]

well I measure oatmeal raw cause 1 cup raw has 60g of carbs or 90g on scale.

Oh, so you don't count the calories of it, you just need the certain amounts of carbs.. I see.
But it's probably the same. In all these nutrition tables with calories and stuff they're talking about raw or cooked?

[Stoneco|d]

I follow what my trainer says. Tells me how much pro, carbs, fats a day I eat and I customize my diet to how I want it. Nutrition tables should indicate if it's raw or cooked I think. I don't usually check them.

[sheriff_carter]

Thanks guys, I finally got it.

[nisser]

I don't get the confusion. You'll always get a more accurate measurement if you measure your stuff raw because then you don't have to guess how much water was absorbed. Brown rice is like 120-140g of carbs per cup, so just weigh accordingly.

[sheriff_carter]

Yeah, I finally got the concept, thanks.

[natenator]

I don't get the confusion. You'll always get a more accurate measurement if you measure your stuff raw because then you don't have to guess how much water was absorbed. Brown rice is like 120-140g of carbs per cup, so just weigh accordingly.

Some of us like to cook in bulk :)

[Praetorian]

Make it simple...weigh all protein cooked...for carbs dont use weight use volume...ie one cup cooked rice, one cup cooked pasta easy easy....this isnt rocket science.

P

[nisser]

Some of us like to cook in bulk :)

Lol that's what I do too. So say I want rice for 3 meals...I just cook 1 cup raw and then split it into 3 tupperwares evenly.

I thought the nutrition info on meats/poultry was raw? (ie. 20g of protein per 100g chicken breast). I usually just bake 1100g of chicken breast and then split it into 5 equal portions.

[natenator]

If im not working with P i just use calorieking.com and save my brain power for other equally useless activities lol