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Subject: Interpreting nutritional info into "Zone-friendly" language

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julie User is Offline
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08/10/2008 2:25 PM Alert 
I love to cook, and am sitting here pouring over some Cooking Light recipes. One recipe, in particular, is for a Spiced Tilapia with a Roasted Pepper-Tomatillo Sauce. It looks fantastic! So, basically the recipe calls for 4 (6 ounce) Tilapia filets, among all the other vegetables and what have you. I know some vegetables have amounts of other macronutrients (like protein, fat, etc.). The per serving nutritional info on this recipe says PRO: 34.3g CARB: 7.4g and FAT: 8.5g

I know that when looking strictly at Zone blocks (on this site here) it says that 1.5g of tilapia is 1 PRO block (7g protein). So, in looking at a recipe like this, do I count the protein as 4 blocks of protein (since I believe that 6ounces of tilapia is 4 blocks) or do I look at the total number of grams of protein in the recipe (34) and therefore count this as 5 blocks of protein (since 34.3 divided by 7g of protein (per block) is almost 5)?

Which brings me to another question (when trying to calculate things): in the Zone blocks, it lists things like 1oz. chicken, 1.5 oz salmon, etc. = 1 block. Is that raw or cooked, as cooking makes a big difference in the weight?

Thanks in advance!
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08/10/2008 9:31 PM Alert 
Not an easy answer!

Most meats are labeled nutritionally, these days. So, I normally look at the label instead of the Zone block list, to determine my protein block. I would not depend on the recipe to tell me the macronutrients, though. Would not be sure what database they are using for the values.

I generally measure things raw, then cook. The food block list is in cooked portions. So, again, it helps to use the nutritional label, rather than the block list.
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julie User is Offline
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08/11/2008 12:34 PM Alert 
The blocks ARE in cooked? I just looked on this site for the varying calculations for 1oz of chicken, breast meat only, raw, roasted or stewed. The per ounce grams of protein went from 6g (raw) to 9g (roasted) to stewed (8g). Here's the link...http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/poultry-products/703/2

Thoughts? My nutritional scale seemed to equate 1oz with 7g of protein...
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08/11/2008 1:10 PM Alert 
Well, like I said, I generally use the labels on the meat for my information.
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Joann User is Offline
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09/06/2008 7:18 AM Alert 
What are the number of grams when you use the food labels? How many grams in a block of protein, carb or fat? Did I read correctly that you need to subtract the amount of fiber from the total carbs to get the amount you count as carb?
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09/06/2008 4:45 PM Alert 
There are 7 grams of protein in a block.

There are 9 grams of carbohydrate in a block (subtract off the fiber to get the net carb).

There are 3 grams of fat in a block. This part can be confusing, because the block list has fat in 1.5 gram portions. It is assumed that the protein already has fat in it. So, when reading labels, it is important to read fat as 3 grams per block, rather than 1.5 grams per block.
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Sue User is Online
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09/07/2008 9:48 AM Alert 
Hi Joanne,

The reason for subtracting total fiber from total cabrs is that only the insulin stiumlating carb is counted for Zone purposes. Fiber does not stimulate insulin, but it is included in the Total Carbohydrate on nutrition lables in the US.
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