The maths....

madmish
madmish Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If carbs and protein are 4 calories per gram and fat 9 calories per gram how is it that I have 10g fat, 6g carb and 3g protein left yet only 18 calories? My maths makes that 126 calories...

I seem to be consistently under target on fat because whenever I include fats such as olive oil or nuts I always end up over my calories. I am working on a 40, 30, 30 split but seem to have approx 25% of my fat allowance left each day or go over by about 150 cals

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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    The database has errors on some foods. It also doesn't account for calories from fiber, and in certain instances the calories are rounded rather than giving actual amounts.
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    Any food in the database search that has an astrix* next to it has been added by a user and might not be correct. I try and stick with the ones that have portions options in grams, oz, or ml. My medium apple is not the same size as your medium apple. :wink:

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