Should You Weigh Your Food Raw or Cooked? Meal Prep Facts

A common question I get is: how should I weigh or measure my foods? Should they be measured raw or cooked? Well, in this video, I talk about the most consistent way to measure proteins as well as carbohydrates. Hope this helps you in your fitness journey or physique goals. Make sure to share some tips in the comments section of what has worked for you!

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⏳ Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:08 Proteins
0:25 Ground turkey - raw measured before cooking
1:29 Ground turkey - cooked measurement
1:50 Simplicity for me
2:14 Carbohydrates get interesting
2:30 Measuring dry oats
2:44 Cream of rice
2:52 Rice gets tricky

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[tonimoore]

Ohh this is a good one!! Definitely information that is needed

[sanchez]

If I cook 100grams of raw chicken breast that has 25g of protein, after cooking it has become 75grams of COOKED chicken breast. Does it still have 25g of protein? Does cooking the chicken make it lose protein?

[ydtheman]

I cooked everything then measured before closing each plats. No big deal

[osvi]

Is your food scale accurate? Wish one do you use

[mmky]

This is wrong. The nutrition value of the raw weight does not change once some water has evaporated during the cooking process. Take 2 200g pieces of steak. If I like mine well done and you like yours medium rare, yours will be heavier, but you will not have gained any macro-nutrients from the original 200g steak. Fix this because this is a common misconception and you're going to wonder why people are still asking the same question.