How can food preparation affect how many calories are in a meal?

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It has to deal with what you cook it in and with. As an example, Deep-fried chicken would have more calories then normal chicken because of the breading, the oil, and the fats in it. A lot of fat is also cooked off when you pan fry meats. If you were to pan fry something in butter, It'd have more calories then say if you were to have pan fried it in coconut oil.
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