Grams of carbs

LordBrentonPierson

Hi I was low in potassium so I thought I would have some cream of tartar and I looked at the macros and realised that something doesn't add up I'm not sure the science about it but 1 gram of cream of tartar apparently has 6.2 grams of carbohydrates how can something have more grams of something than its own weight

chelny

Where did you get that info from? It seems like it is wrong.
https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/usda/cream-of-tartar?portionid=39302&portionamount=1.000
https://www.eatthismuch.com/food/nutrition/cream-of-tartar,4276/

kimny72

Are you talking about an entry you found in the mfp database? The database is mostly user entered, and there are a lot of bad entries. You need to check them to the label or published info from solid online sources. From what I can see, a serving is 3 grams and has almost 2 grams of carbs.

This also affects your potassium numbers. Many people don't track micros so they don't enter them when they create food entries. You shouldn't supplement individual micros, especially minerals, based on your food diary here unless you are carefully checking each entry you use for all the nutrients.

amusedmonkey

I would be VERY careful supplementing potassium. There is a reason even vitamin and pill supplements tend to only include potassium in low doses. It's dangerous to over supplement. Many food entries here don't include potassium in the info, so your numbers will look artificially lower than they actually are. Here is an example of an eating day where I didn't really focus on potassium-rich foods and still got over 4000 mg of it:

alexandravictoria88

amusedmonkey wrote: »

I would be VERY careful supplementing potassium. There is a reason even vitamin and pill supplements tend to only include potassium in low doses. It's dangerous to over supplement. Many food entries here don't include potassium in the info, so your numbers will look artificially lower than they actually are. Here is an example of an eating day where I didn't really focus on potassium-rich foods and still got over 4000 mg of it:

What app is that if you dont mind me asking ?

JenniferM1234

That looks like it might be the Lose It app, but I don't have it, just seen screenshots floating around here before. @alexandravictoria88

amusedmonkey

alexandravictoria88 wrote: »

amusedmonkey wrote: »

I would be VERY careful supplementing potassium. There is a reason even vitamin and pill supplements tend to only include potassium in low doses. It's dangerous to over supplement. Many food entries here don't include potassium in the info, so your numbers will look artificially lower than they actually are. Here is an example of an eating day where I didn't really focus on potassium-rich foods and still got over 4000 mg of it:

What app is that if you dont mind me asking ?

That's cronometer, the screenshot is from the desktop version