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This is disappointing. So nuts are actually lower calorie per dollar than it seemed, so a worse deal than previously expected (for those food shopping on a budg

by YellOh 3y ago

This is disappointing. So nuts are actually lower calorie per dollar than it seemed, so a worse deal than previously expected (for those food shopping on a budget). A 21% drop in the expected calories from walnuts will definitely have me buying fewer in the future.

anonymouskimmer 3y ago
Grind them up and it's the same calorie content.
- YellOh 3y ago
  I don't really want to pull out a blender just for a quick snack. Maybe I'll try out nut butters besides peanut butter to see if pre-processed tastes as good as whole. ETA: since roasted nuts are easier to digest, maybe the smart move is bulk-roasting in advance.
  - anonymouskimmer 3y ago
    > I don't really want to pull out a blender just for a quick snack. You can batch it. Given the high oil content they will probably stay as well as peanut butter does, and if stored in the refrigerator shouldn't separate.
    - prirun 3y ago
      You can also use nut flour. I put a heaping tablespoon in oatmeal and protein shakes for an extra 100 calories, and it tastes good too.
josephcsible 3y ago
Calories per dollar seems like a really strange metric to use/care about. Cheaper is better, and lower-calorie is better, but those cancel each other out under it.
- YellOh 3y ago
  Lower calorie is only better if trying to lose weight. I'm trying to get my daily calories (to maintain or increase my current weight) for cheap, so high-calorie inexpensive foods are preferable. Low-calorie foods are only worthwhile if they're particularly nutrient dense (ex. green vegetables). Another downside of low-calorie foods (apart from price) is that it's hard to eat enough volume of them to stay at the same weight (which negatively affects strength/focus). For example, 2000 calories of grated carrot would be ~11x the maximum stomach capacity of an average person.
- throwaway22032 3y ago
  When buying basic food ingredients, lower calorie isn't better. It's pretty hard to eat in a surplus if you're cooking from scratch, for the most part people who are intuitively eating (e.g. not tracking calories) mostly get into trouble via packaged foods, fast food, soda etc.

by YellOh 3y ago

anonymouskimmer 3y ago

Grind them up and it's the same calorie content.

YellOh 3y ago
I don't really want to pull out a blender just for a quick snack. Maybe I'll try out nut butters besides peanut butter to see if pre-processed tastes as good as whole. ETA: since roasted nuts are easier to digest, maybe the smart move is bulk-roasting in advance.
- anonymouskimmer 3y ago
  > I don't really want to pull out a blender just for a quick snack. You can batch it. Given the high oil content they will probably stay as well as peanut butter does, and if stored in the refrigerator shouldn't separate.
  - prirun 3y ago
    You can also use nut flour. I put a heaping tablespoon in oatmeal and protein shakes for an extra 100 calories, and it tastes good too.

josephcsible 3y ago

Calories per dollar seems like a really strange metric to use/care about. Cheaper is better, and lower-calorie is better, but those cancel each other out under it.

YellOh 3y ago
Lower calorie is only better if trying to lose weight. I'm trying to get my daily calories (to maintain or increase my current weight) for cheap, so high-calorie inexpensive foods are preferable. Low-calorie foods are only worthwhile if they're particularly nutrient dense (ex. green vegetables). Another downside of low-calorie foods (apart from price) is that it's hard to eat enough volume of them to stay at the same weight (which negatively affects strength/focus). For example, 2000 calories of grated carrot would be ~11x the maximum stomach capacity of an average person.
throwaway22032 3y ago
When buying basic food ingredients, lower calorie isn't better. It's pretty hard to eat in a surplus if you're cooking from scratch, for the most part people who are intuitively eating (e.g. not tracking calories) mostly get into trouble via packaged foods, fast food, soda etc.