High Blood Pressure

skyerulz

Hi everyone,

I'm mainly using mfp to keep track of my sodium intake, I use fitbit for my food and exercise. I'm wondering if there is a way to change the sodium intake amt that mfp gives. I need 1600 to be the cap.

TIA

cee134

Yes,
Go under My Home>Goals and you can edit your sodium under the Micronutrients bar.

skyerulz

cee134 wrote: »

Yes,
Go under My Home>Goals and you can edit your sodium under the Micronutrients bar.

PERFECT, thank you.

BrianSharpe

A little OT but you can also have MFP track your potassium intake.

It seems to be a well kept secret that the RDA for adults is about 4,700mg (I've been watching my sodium for ages but my Dr was amazed when I started tracking my potassium too..)

Bocch

I have HBP too .The mfp suggested sodium levels for me is the same level as what a nutritionist recommended. However, I try to stay below the MFP suggestion.

AnvilHead

BrianSharpe wrote: »

A little OT but you can also have MFP track your potassium intake.

It seems to be a well kept secret that the RDA for adults is about 4,700mg (I've been watching my sodium for ages but my Dr was amazed when I started tracking my potassium too..)

You can do it with MFP if you're willing to do a lot of legwork to run down the potassium contents of a lot of foods. Many food labels don't include potassium counts (even when the foods contain a considerable amount), and so the entries in MFP's database are inaccurate.

seska422

BrianSharpe wrote: »

A little OT but you can also have MFP track your potassium intake.

It seems to be a well kept secret that the RDA for adults is about 4,700mg (I've been watching my sodium for ages but my Dr was amazed when I started tracking my potassium too..)

Unfortunately, tracking potassium isn't nearly as easy as tracking sodium, at least in the US, because companies aren't currently required to include potassium in the nutritional information.