Hello.
I am currently trying to track my nutrition better than ever. The problem is I just had some slow cooked corned beef. The sodium in the corned beef for the most part was removed due to the slow cooker. Also, a lot of fat was cut off. I do not really know the best way to track protein other than guess from the cooked portion I had which was 149g. What is the best thing to do? I do not want to get rid of corned beef because I enjoy it in my diet.
I would just guess as best as you can. Some rules of thumb I use in situations like this:
- Assume the cooked portion is ~2/3 of the raw portion
- overestimate the sodium. I do not think the majority is likely to be removed via cooking. Some? Yes. Most? Unlikely.
- overestimate the fat content from added oils or that which is contained In the meat itself I think corned beef or similar is fine 1-2x/wk, but I would push for some dietary changes if more than that.
-Jordan
I’d suggest finding a nutrition database that lets you input cooked weights, then adjust for the slow cooker and fat removal.