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Calcium on MFP

spunkychelsea
spunkychelsea Posts: 316 Member
edited February 16 in Social Groups
I went to look and see what the calcium settings were to see if I wanted to adjust it to make sure I'm getting enough and it's just a percent. Does anyone know what they consider 100%? 1000mg? 1200? It knows I'm female, does it account for that?

Thanks!

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  • kcasey155
    kcasey155 Posts: 968 Member
    From what I understand (and I could be completely wrong) it doesn't matter how much calcium you eat if you don't have enough vitamin D to aid absorbtion. My multivitamin (pregnacare) contains 10 micrograms of vitamin D, which is 200% rda, but no calcium.
  • meggwyn
    meggwyn Posts: 226 Member
    I was confused about this, too. I take a calcium supplement (with vit D) along with my multivitamin, even though I usually hit 100% according to mfp. It just doesn't seem like enough with what they say hits 100.
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