# Peanut calories

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429 "2005-12-28T10:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geochelone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@Geochelone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geochelone)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429/1 "2005-12-28T10:22:45Z")

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When eating peanuts, some of them seem to pass straight through undigested (that is bits of them can be seen in stools). Does this mean that I can eat more of them than I should if I am calorie counting or is this “undigested effect” taken in to account in the calorific value of peanuts?

Thanks for any advice.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429/2 "2005-12-28T22:15:23Z")

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My guess is that you’re not chewing your food well. Perhaps that could be the basis for a new diet - the swallow-it-whole diet.

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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429/3 "2005-12-29T03:05:36Z")

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> [@Jeff Lichtman](#):
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> My guess is that you’re not chewing your food well. Perhaps that could be the basis for a new diet - the swallow-it-whole diet.

I am a habitual non-chewer. I probably eat a 16 oz ribeye in about 8-12 whole pieces. I’ve had more than one doctor claim that satiety is connected with every step of the process and chewing well makes you significantly less hungry afterwards.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429/4 "2005-12-29T03:09:18Z")

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If any of them are bigger than Verne Troyer, see a doctor.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-calories/337429/5 "2005-12-29T05:14:33Z")

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To answer the OP, anything that winds up in the stool has by definition not been digested, and calories only come from digestion.

I would emphatically not recommend, however, that you gulp peanuts in the hope of not digesting them. Find a less calorie-dense snack.