john wrote:
> I cant believe 1 table spoon of Corn Oil,
> Canola Oil , or Olive Oil = 120 calories..
Corn oil's 120:
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/103272.html
Canola is 124:
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item.php?item_id=4582&size=2
Olive is 119:
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item.php?item_id=4053&size=2
Ymmv, of course, dependent on which corn, canola, and olive oil you
choose from the
www.calorie-count.com offerings.
> One cheezy little tablespoon of the stuff is
> soo many calories.
>
> Does anyone know if this number is reduced
> when frying it?
I'm not a nutritionist, dietician, etc., but is it me or does "CAN I
REDUCE THE CALORIE CONTENT OF MY FOOD BY FRYING IT???" sound just a
teensy bit, uh, wrong?
> Like frying lean chicken in corn oil. Does the
> amount of calories in the corn oil get reduced...
> and if so is there a way to estimate by how much?
But, wait, I'm not just leaving it at the intuitive guess level. No!
Check the following out, John:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2005/12/21/browniemix.aspx
Perhaps not specifically with its focus on cooking oil, the
conversation does follow the gist of your question, imo. Some
interesting schtufff to be found there.
> Im interested as I recently started calorie
> counting.. along with my Protein counting.
> (seperate)
And although I don't have an answer for you other than the pointers
I've provided above, I do know that separate is spelled
s-e-p-a-r-a-t-e. ;o)
(Someone told me that looking for typos burns just as many calories as
30 minutes on a treadmill at 4.0 speed and a 3.0 incline.)
> John
--
Curt
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