Cooked and raw food nutrition facts

[haleluyah]

i saw in nutritiondata.com that 1 slice of raw bacon contains 17g of fat. However, the same slice of bacon cooked pan-fried contains only 3g of fat. Why is it.

Also green veggies tend to contain more carbs when cooked. how come?

[Silverscrew]

Because most of the fat is cooked out of the bacon leaving mostly pork.

[gecko2424]

you could always drink the fat or fry your eggs in it.

[Jason762]

Originally Posted by gecko2424

you could always drink the fat or fry your eggs in it.

I tried cooking eggs in bacon fat.... I wouldn't reccomend it. The fat pops and the egg turns out wierd. I'd reccomend pouring the fat over the veggies. Apparently fat with your veggies makes it easier for your body to extract the vitimans and stuff.

[gecko2424]

yes, you can keep the fat in a glass jar in your fridge for later use, but olive oil is a better choice. What I do is start my bacon in the pan, about a minute after i flip them (one side done), I crack the eggs in the the pan and scoop it all out together.

[Eileen]

Whenever I cook any sort of meat in a pan, I throw my veg in and swish it around to mop up the extra fat. Tastes better and means I can work from raw food values.

[haraldsmith]

just wondering if bbq'd chicken drumsticks yield alot less fat than the raw values shown?

[Eileen]

Go onto something like fitday.com and plug in your BBQ drumsticks. They have lots of choices for different ways of cooking.