What 5 nutrients do you track?

sabified · August 2014

I agree- I want to see more too... but right now, tracking carbs, fat, protein, sugar and calcium.

Though thinking of changing sugar.

CynthiasChoice · August 2014

Protein, Carbs, Fat, Calcum and Sugar.

I used to ignore everything but Calories, and I was always high in carbs and sugar. I'd justify it in a variety of ways.

Now that I'm hitting my protein requirement every day, the carbs and sugar are subsequently lower and I feel better!

I found it doesn't always pay to be a rebel. Who knew conforming would actually make me feel better?

CynthiasChoice · August 2014

Maybe someone mentioned this already, but underneath the water tracker there's a "full report" button that lets you see more items at once.

cincysweetheart · August 2014

Carbs. Fat. Protein. Fiber. Sugar. But I very seldom use the website for tracking. I'm always using the app, and there I can track all of them. Aside from the 3 macros, the ones I pay the most attention to is fiber, calcium, vitamin C, and sodium.

MargaretSobers · August 2014

YOu should have to add more coulmns to your track, because cholesterol, saturated fat, sodium, potassium, suger are also importent nutrients of our body, which should be controlled.

denisegresham1 · October 2014

calories, fat, carbs, protein, cholesterol, sugar

SKME2013 · October 2014

Carbs,fat, protein, fibre, sugar

llUndecidedll · October 2014

Carbs, fat, protein, sodium, and fiber.

WhatMeRunning · October 2014

Carbs, Fat, Protein, Fiber and don't care. I have it set to sugar for the last one currently.

segacs · October 2014

Carbs, Fat, Protein, Calcium, Fibre.

I used to track iron, since my iron levels were low in the past based on blood tests. (I don't eat red meat, so this can happen if I'm not careful.) But I've worked hard to change my diet to get them up and I've been consistently hitting my daily RDAs for a while now. So I've swapped it out for calcium because I'm still having trouble getting enough of that, even despite adding more dairy to my diet. Fibre I track because I almost *never* get enough despite eating a bazillion carbs. So I consciously make food choices on that basis, e.g. a cup of raspberries instead of a cup of strawberries.

I also check in on the full daily report on the mobile app whenever I can. Saturated fat, Vitamins A and C, sodium and cholesterol are pretty much always good, so I don't feel the need to track them as closely. Vitamin C is actually almost always way too high, though I'm told it's not harmful since it's all from food sources and not supplements. Potassium isn't included on food labelling here in Canada, so it's never accurate in my reports anyway. I eat almost zero trans fats, so not too concerned about that either.