Gigantic_Idiot
Gigantic_Idiot t1_jduwahb wrote
Reply to comment by Low-Candidate-6028 in eli5: Why is fried food less nutritious / considered unhealthier… by Low-Candidate-6028
>-does the temperature of the oil turn it into saturated and trans fats?
At the conditions used for normal cooking, no. Oils can be turned from unsaturated to saturated, but it requires temperatures, pressures, and reactants that aren't available for normal cooking.
>-why is the calorie count higher? Is it bc the food is immersed in such a large amount of oil?
That is exactly right! The way frying cooks food and makes it crispy, whether pan, stir, or deep frying, is to bring the oil to a high temp. 375°F roughly. This is significantly hotter than the 212°F boiling temperature of water. So whenever the water in the outer layers of a food meets this hot oil, it immediately flashes into steam. This rapid expansion of gas creates pockets that the oil can flow into. With shallow frying methods, such as pan or stir fry, there isn't enough oil to really fill up these pockets. But with deep frying on the other hand, the food is in a pool of oil, meaning all those little pockets can fill back up and absorb a ton of oil.
Gigantic_Idiot t1_j6lfmiu wrote
Reply to comment by Overseer090 in ELI5 How do food producers work out the best before date? by Overseer090
On the flip side, there's heated chambers that do the same thing. There are some companies that will legit evaluate their product every week/month during development until is no longer meets quality or safety specs.
Gigantic_Idiot t1_j6ldrul wrote
Reply to comment by neilk in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
Another analogy I've seen. Mythbusters explained the difference by making a painting with paintball guns. A CPU is like shooting the same gun 1000 times, but a GPU is like shooting 1000 guns all at once
Gigantic_Idiot t1_j2dmho5 wrote
Reply to ELI5: If I were to eat a thousand Snickers bars, I would put on significantly more weight than if I were to eat a thousand heads of cabbage despite the huge disparity in weight of the pre-consumed food. Where does this mass come from? by marcuschookt
>Being much more calorie-dense, the Snickers bar would naturally result in greater weight gain
The weight you gain by eating isn't based on the weight of the food, but the calorie content. It seems like you get this concept.
The four macro nutrients in food are water, fat, carbs, and protein. However, water doesn't provide any calories for you to use. If you remove all the water from both foods, the Snickers bar is actually heavier than the cabbage.
Gigantic_Idiot t1_iybpgt8 wrote
Reply to comment by BurnOutBrighter6 in ELI5 why we first multiply, then add by TheManNamedPeterPan
Adding on since I don't have enough for a parent comment, but multiplication is doing an addition multiple times. So the example could also be written as 1+2+2+2.
Gigantic_Idiot t1_jdxvyjs wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why do companies ever pretend to care about anything but profit and claim to have values like a person would? by JohnnyLightningStorm
Coming from an employee perspective, I would much rather work for a company that views me as a whole person, with a life outside of work, than a company that sees and treats me as just another cog on the gears of the machine.
Sometimes its also about making a profit for as long as possible, which means giving up a little profit now to keep the business operating for a longer period of time. Look at something like FTX vs say, Wells Fargo. The owners of FTX made an absolute shitload of money, but it is all gone, with basically no hope of ever recovering it. Wells Fargo over the same time period may have made less profit, but they are still open and conducting business. The owners of Wells Fargo are currently making quite a bit more profit than the former owners of FTX.