Iron - Micronutrient Goals clarification

d77graham

What is the daily value for Iron used for Micronutrient Goals?

In the 'My Home > Goals' page Micronutrient Goals section the threshold option is changed based on a percentage of daily value.

Due to differences in Iron recommendations for what would appropriate for men and women, and real risks associated with too-much iron consumption, I would like to better narrow in this field. MyFitnessPal always suggests I'm coming up short in this category, however sources such as the Institute for Medicine recommends men limit their consumption to no more than 45 milligrams of iron daily.

By assessing the daily value for Iron being used on the Goals page I hope to better rune-in any supplement usage (if any) that may be appropriate.

EddieP50

Found this link at the FDA site
fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064928.htm

d77graham

EddieP50 wrote: »

Found this link at the FDA site
fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064928.htm

Does MyFitnessPal pull directly from the FDA site for daily value information?

lorrpb

You'll want to make sure that iron is correctly reported on all foods you log, otherwise your numbers will be off. Many items in the database do not track the micros accurately.

MelaniaTrump

18 mg is set for everyone on MFP.
18 mg makes 100% for everyone no matter what gender or age.
A man only needs about 8 (not quite sure). Or about 44%.
* Just wanted to make sure you knew that.

Why oh why can't MFP just go by numbers instead of percentages?
The world may never know.
I track calcium and having this as a % seems odd since I count mg's, not %'s.
And anyone concerned with vitamin c, knows that 100% is a joke.
For iron, I make sure I never go over 250mg / day (that is the upper limit).

nickbeef

We are sure MFP used DV and not RDA?