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Christopher Helms > wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2:40*pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 11:55*pm, "Christopher M." >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...ied-food-heart...
> >
> > > W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
> >
> > Whether sat, unsat, whatever --- fat still packs a bigger caloric
> > punch if one is concerned about packin' on some pounds.
>
>
> If the fat is at the correct temperature, whatever you are deep frying
> in it won't absorb very much of it. Which helps a little, anyway.

A little. But how much? I went to the USDA database. A raw potato has
0.1g of fat per 100g. Deep fat fried potatoes have 16.12g of fat per
100g! It appeared that the calories have pretty much doubled:

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/6614

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA