what calcium value is MFP using? (I want 1250mg)

candodarcy

Does anyone know what actual number MFP uses for the daily value of calcium and whether it's been adjusted for lower calorie diets? I know on standard packaging everything is based on a 2000 calorie diet, and I want to make sure I'm averaging 1200-1250mg/day of calcium. When I went to manually adjust the number under goals, I found that calcium was just a percentage of the daily value, and I've switched it to 125% on the assumption that MFP is using the standard unadjusted 1000mg daily value -- for 2000 calorie diets -- regardless of what calorie level it's assigned to users. Are they really?

candodarcy

bump?

lynn_glenmont

It's not an MFP number - the entries just copy from food labels. Assuming that the food is being sold in the U.S., they're based on values adopted by the FDA - for calcium 100% = 1000 mg., so if you want your daily goal to be 1250 mg., change your MFP setting to 125%.

Here's a little more info
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm274593.htm#ca

cmriverside

I'm pretty sure MFP used the FDA recommendation for Calcium, so 1,000mg a day is 100%.

http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/SummaryDRIs/~/media/Files/Activity Files/Nutrition/DRIs/5_Summary Table Tables 1-4.pdf

You can change your personal goal by going to :

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_custom