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Why does convection dried cucumbers go up in calories? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I found a study that says that dried cucumbers go up in calories because of this or that getting concentrated, but like, the raw cucumber even if eaten whole with all that stuff in there, it still has a minuscule amount of calories. How does drying it raise the calories? Please explain like I'm 5.

The study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292994599_Nutritive_value_of_convection-dried_Cucumis_sativus

Edit: I tried rereading it but I still don't get it. If you have a bucket of water with 10 stones in it, and then freeze or steam it, we're still looking at 10 stones. I don't get how this works.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

heat makes more nutrients bioavailable
so protein and calories and vitamins and such can be absorbed instead of going through you
the same stuff is in raw but not used by the body and comes out in waste

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Waste means poop!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, thanks. Seems I may need to be careful on my dry cucumber snacking.