Just a quick post… I’ve recently just started taking a lot more care with my diet and have been adhereing to PC/PF combos but have come up with a little problem.
What happens when you grill meat? How much does this affect the macronutrient ratios?
Truth be told Im starting to get tired of frying EVERYTHING with fry light spray and grilling would be a welcome alternative!
If you are grilling it without any sauce/marinade then the only potential change in macronutrient mix is a reduction in fat. You cannot however grill down a really fatty cut of beef or pork to the point where it could go easily with a bowl of rice if you are that concerned with macronutrient combinations.
Thanks for the reply Moon Knight - this was pretty much what I anticipated.
However how on earth are you meant to keep track of calorific intake if an unknown quantity of fat is lost in the grilling process?
Grilling is great - so is broiling, pan-searing, baking, braising and poaching (just notice what you’re braising/poaching with). Shouldn’t change what’s in the meat. If you’re adding any fat to help cook (or anything else in the case of braising), just count it in your calories and macro breakdown. Just because you’ve got a very specific diet doesn’t mean you can’t cook well.
Like the poster above said, grilling is nice because you can drip off some of the fat.
Aye but its the keeping track of your calories for the day that is the problem - if fat is being lost here how do you know how much you have lost?
Bah.
[quote]LawSchoolGuy wrote:
Like the poster above said, grilling is nice because you can drip off some of the fat.[/quote]
If you’re following a fat loss diet, simply count the fat calories prior to grilling and as the grilling process ends and fat content is lost you’ll be consuming less calories which is fine because you’re on a calorie restricted diet. It’s a good way of consuming less calories without really noticing the reduction.
If you’re on a mass phase, take a few extra fish oil capsules. If you exceed the amount of alloted calories by doing so, don’t sweat it, your taking in more calories that help you rebuild the muscle.
Don’t be too conscious of the minutiae.
PanchoPantera - bingo. Plus, the fat dripping off really isn’t that much normally. Unless you’re talking about a huge rib-eye or similarly fatty cut, it’s going to be < 50 kcal.
If you’re really that concerned, check out a site like calorie-count.com that has the calories listed based on cooking method.
You shouldn’t really be that concerned though. =)