Can I add fiber to my Macro goals in addition to Carbs, Protein, and Fat?
kschusterman
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You can add it as a column in your diary, but you can't add it as a 4th macro.
Technically, it's not a macro. It's a subset of carbs. Fiber (pretty much) doesn't have useable calories, either. Since the MFP percents are percents of calories, the MFP math wouldn't work.
If you have a calorie goal and a macro split, or specific macro goals (in grams), you can use arithmetic to figure out compatible MFP goals.
If you don't know how to do that arithmetic, give the details of your target calorie/macro breakdown here and I'm sure someone can help you figure it out.
Unsolicited editorial comment: I don't think I'd personally trust a nutritional source that averaged fiber into a percent scheme with fats, carbs, and protein . . . unless the percents are percents of something other than calories.
Best wishes!1 -
I don't know if things are different with the app, but in the website I list five macros in my diary, besides calories. Protein, Carbs, Fats, Fiber, and Sodium, and in my Nutrients goals I also list the amount of daily fiber that would like to reach, besides other nutrients.
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I don't know if things are different with the app, but in the website I list five macros in my diary, besides calories. Protein, Carbs, Fats, Fiber, and Sodium, and in my Nutrients goals I also list the amount of daily fiber that would like to reach, besides other nutrients.
You can track up to five nutrients (out of 16 choices) in your diary, but only three of them are macronutrients - protein, fat, and carbohydrate. Neither fiber or sodium is a macro. I only track two macros on my diary - protein and carbohydrate. For the time being, I track saturated fat instead of total fat. I also track fiber and calcium currently.1 -
@mtaratoot
You are correct, my bad. I should have clarified that in my response as Ann already did in hers. However, the OP can still track fiber in her diary even if it is not a macro.1 -
I came looking for this same info; did you find a solution?0
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cstringer77 wrote: »I came looking for this same info; did you find a solution?
It's not possible in MFP to add fiber as a percent of macros. It's not a macronutrient.
Like I (and others) said before, you can track fiber in MFP. You can make it display as a column on your daily diary, and in the phone/tablet app you can easily see it otherwise via the Nutrition option.
If someone external to MFP gave you goals for fiber as a percent of calories, which IMO would be an odd thing to do since fiber generally doesn't have calories we can metabolize), you can use arithmetic to figure out your macro and fiber goals in the terms MFP expects.1
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