Measuring Spinach?

Diet and Nutrition
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im on a new diet, and it calls for 1 cup of spinach per meal. Does that mean one cup cooked spinach or uncooked? Also, if i were to measure a cup of carrots, can i just cut them up and throw them in a measuring cup to get an accurate measurement? I know this may sound stupid, but i want to make sure i have the right measurements. thanks

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bro just get close spinach even if your off by a whole cup aint going to make much of a difference. stop sweating over the minutia so much.

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  1. It may depend, but usually they mean raw spinach. Just stuff enough in there to get a good solid cup.

  2. Yeah, cut the carrots. Smaller the better so you’re getting an accurate measurement.

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Seriously, you could probably eat all the fruits and veggies you want and not worry about cups and grams and crap. Especially things like spinach and carrots!

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[quote]Bootsie wrote:
im on a new diet, and it calls for 1 cup of spinach per meal. Does that mean one cup cooked spinach or uncooked? Also, if i were to measure a cup of carrots, can i just cut them up and throw them in a measuring cup to get an accurate measurement? I know this may sound stupid, but i want to make sure i have the right measurements. thanks[/quote]

Unless it says otherwise, it means raw. You’d have to cook A LOT of raw spinach to get a cup of cooked spinach.

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Isn’t raw spinach like 17 kcal/cup? I burn that many calories when I get off the couch to take a piss. I wouldn’t worry about it. I would think they mean raw.