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    how to read macros

    when should i read the macros of brown rice and wholeweat pasta do i take the macros befor or afteri have boiled them?

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    by "read" macros, do you just mean measure your food? If so measure raw. The nutritional information is based on raw measure.

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    it should say something liek 1/4 cup dry rice = 3/4 cooked..

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    the voices in my head tell me what my macros are.. hahahahah... i love google

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    ok so from now on ill weigh them dry and thn cook them. what i was doing was cookin enuff for a few days and just weighing it as i was using it.

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