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Default Protein grams and portion control??? Pastorio?

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in news:Omelet-
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> Need some help here, if you are trying to estimate protein grams and
> calorie counts for dietary restriction, do you weigh the meat raw or
> cooked?
>
> What do you do about bone-in chicken and meat weight estimates?
>
> I'm grilling some chicken drumsticks, what is the meat weight versus

the
> bone weight?
>
> I know I can just de-bone the cooked meat and weigh it by itself... ;-)
> I'll have to wait until they cool enough to do that.
>
> But the first question still remains!
>
> Thanks!



Om,

Weigh meat after cooking for your protein/calorie count, since the method
of cooking effects the resulting calorie count and nutritional data.

Here are two good places to start. You'll catch on, just take your time,
it can be confusing at first.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

and similar (draws from the same database with different gui/info):

http://www.nutritiondata.com/

All the best,

Andy