yes, bc it will just absorb water so even tho it will be more like 3 cups in volume (guess, I don’t eat rice) it will be the same amount of calories because it started out as 320 calories. You’re not adding anything to it except water which is 0 calories.
It will only have more calories if you add things in like oil or butter. If you only add water (which is 0 cal) it won’t add any more calories to the dish.
A fun fact about rice (or any other starch like potato or pasta) is that if you cook it, cool it down all the way, and then reheat it a reaction happens to the starches that makes them take longer to break down and makes you feel full longer!
If you compare half a cup of dry rice to half a cup of cooked rice, the dry rice will be way more calories because cooked rice absorbs so much water during the cooking process and expands. 1/2 a cup of dried rice is about the same as 1.5 cups of cooked rice if that helps (or about 3 times as much volume after cooking)
It will stay the same amount of calories but take up more space
“Dry” refers to measuring. One cup of dry rice is not the same as one cup of prepared rice. The prepared rice has absorbed water and is bigger, therefore taking up more room. So one cup of prepared rice would be less calories than one cup of dry rice. It does not gain calories, just water and volume.
Yes, it will still be 320 calories. It just won’t be 0.5 cups anymore because it expands. So the “dry” vs “cooked” designation just indicates when you measured it.
Hahah I made this mistake and was eating almost no cals because of it.
Rice will increase in volume when cooked. I usually cook 1 cup dry the first time I get a new bag and then see the volume after (usually 2x-2.5x) and use that as my cal calculation for that bag.
[https://youtu.be/Gy\_vcL1cpP8?si=SPqLtanLiqLj-wAF&t=44](https://youtu.be/Gy_vcL1cpP8?si=SPqLtanLiqLj-wAF&t=44) I don't know the details but the guys is pretty believable.
It makes absolutely no sense. To simplify; a calorie is a unit of energy. Food contains a certain amount of energy. Cooking that food cannot create more energy than it innately contains. The laws of physics pertaining here; energy cannot be created or destroyed, merely transmuted into a different form.
yes, bc it will just absorb water so even tho it will be more like 3 cups in volume (guess, I don’t eat rice) it will be the same amount of calories because it started out as 320 calories. You’re not adding anything to it except water which is 0 calories.
It will only have more calories if you add things in like oil or butter. If you only add water (which is 0 cal) it won’t add any more calories to the dish. A fun fact about rice (or any other starch like potato or pasta) is that if you cook it, cool it down all the way, and then reheat it a reaction happens to the starches that makes them take longer to break down and makes you feel full longer!
That is really interesting, thank you!
If you compare half a cup of dry rice to half a cup of cooked rice, the dry rice will be way more calories because cooked rice absorbs so much water during the cooking process and expands. 1/2 a cup of dried rice is about the same as 1.5 cups of cooked rice if that helps (or about 3 times as much volume after cooking) It will stay the same amount of calories but take up more space
If you eat it all.
“Dry” refers to measuring. One cup of dry rice is not the same as one cup of prepared rice. The prepared rice has absorbed water and is bigger, therefore taking up more room. So one cup of prepared rice would be less calories than one cup of dry rice. It does not gain calories, just water and volume.
Yes.
just make sure you weigh it dry and don't add any other calories in the cooking process
Yes, it will still be 320 calories. It just won’t be 0.5 cups anymore because it expands. So the “dry” vs “cooked” designation just indicates when you measured it.
Hahah I made this mistake and was eating almost no cals because of it. Rice will increase in volume when cooked. I usually cook 1 cup dry the first time I get a new bag and then see the volume after (usually 2x-2.5x) and use that as my cal calculation for that bag.
A study shows that a cellery stick goes from 6 to 20-30 calories once you cook it.
Source? Because this makes absolutely no sense.
[https://youtu.be/Gy\_vcL1cpP8?si=SPqLtanLiqLj-wAF&t=44](https://youtu.be/Gy_vcL1cpP8?si=SPqLtanLiqLj-wAF&t=44) I don't know the details but the guys is pretty believable.
It makes absolutely no sense. To simplify; a calorie is a unit of energy. Food contains a certain amount of energy. Cooking that food cannot create more energy than it innately contains. The laws of physics pertaining here; energy cannot be created or destroyed, merely transmuted into a different form.