Why do cooked vegetables have more fat?

fkrist · 01-19-2012, 11:26 PM

It seems odd to me that just by boiling or steaming raw vegetables the fat content can increase dramatically. For example, a cup of raw Cauliflower has .1 grams of fat. Cooked Cauliflower has 4.6 grams. That is 46 times more fat. How??

cjohnson728 · 01-20-2012, 12:34 AM

They do not have more fat when cooked. However, when you use the Search button for a food in FitDay, it somehow defaults to preparation with fat. You would be better off using the Browse Foods tab. Go to Vegetable, select the appropriate category, and keep going through the choices until you get to "fat not added in cooking." It's definitely more of a pain, but at least it's accurate.

fkrist · 01-20-2012, 02:05 AM

That did the trick. Thanks so much for the help.

clarkslp · 01-20-2012, 05:48 PM

Also be aware that fitday will also assume a lot of added salt in cooked veggies. Stumbled on this when I started looking at my Sodium and was wondering where it was coming from.

stamatiaa · 01-25-2012, 01:45 AM

One last reason why 1 cup of cooked Cauliflower is more calories and fat than 1 cup of raw Cauliflower - because when you cook it, you remove the water.

There is more Cauliflower (in every regard) in one cup cooked, than one cup raw. 1 cup raw, only amounts to about 1/2 cup cooked.

Cooking vegetables (to a large degree) is a process of removing the water!

dar n · 01-25-2012, 06:04 PM

You can edit any fitday food (in beta anyway not sure classic) and it will become a custom food I have done this with all the veggies to remove the salt they think I add that I do not, also with chicken they assume you have added allot of salt so you could do the same for fats also.

01-19-2012, 11:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
fkrist FitDay Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2	Why do cooked vegetables have more fat? It seems odd to me that just by boiling or steaming raw vegetables the fat content can increase dramatically. For example, a cup of raw Cauliflower has .1 grams of fat. Cooked Cauliflower has 4.6 grams. That is 46 times more fat. How??

01-20-2012, 12:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
cjohnson728 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,331	They do not have more fat when cooked. However, when you use the Search button for a food in FitDay, it somehow defaults to preparation with fat. You would be better off using the Browse Foods tab. Go to Vegetable, select the appropriate category, and keep going through the choices until you get to "fat not added in cooking." It's definitely more of a pain, but at least it's accurate. __________________ Cassie "If you drop an egg, you don't say, 'Oh, shoot' and drop the other 11, do you?" -Source unknown, but obviously brilliant Reached goal 4/16/2010...but kind of afraid to look these days

01-20-2012, 05:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
clarkslp FitDay Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 72	Also be aware that fitday will also assume a lot of added salt in cooked veggies. Stumbled on this when I started looking at my Sodium and was wondering where it was coming from. __________________ Male 44, 5'6" To date - 49.2 lbs down Start: 20 Oct 2011: 210.2lb, 35.3% bodyfat Last weigh-in: 18-May-2012: 161.0, Last body fat measurement: March 30,2012: 16.3% Original Goal: 30 March 2012: 20% body fat (Check!) Current Goal: Maintain < 18% body fat and < 165lb

01-25-2012, 06:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
dar n FitDay Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: British Columbia Canada Posts: 458	You can edit any fitday food (in beta anyway not sure classic) and it will become a custom food I have done this with all the veggies to remove the salt they think I add that I do not, also with chicken they assume you have added allot of salt so you could do the same for fats also. __________________ Blessings, Darlene "If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves." Thomas Edison Jan 2008=195 lbs Nov 2009=135 lbs July 2011=169 lbs Jan 27 2012=143 Goal=130 May 15,2012

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01-20-2012, 02:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
fkrist FitDay Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2	That did the trick. Thanks so much for the help.

01-25-2012, 01:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
stamatiaa FitDay Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 60	One last reason why 1 cup of cooked Cauliflower is more calories and fat than 1 cup of raw Cauliflower - because when you cook it, you remove the water. There is more Cauliflower (in every regard) in one cup cooked, than one cup raw. 1 cup raw, only amounts to about 1/2 cup cooked. Cooking vegetables (to a large degree) is a process of removing the water!