Can people not read-arrghhhh!

Moriarty_697

MFP is good but not perfect. That's why I still spend a lot of time resourcing things on my own and correcting entries. Also, everyone has their own goals here, so some things are more important than others. For instance, I never bother with the vitamin values. I just assume that if I eat healthier, I will get the necessary nutrients and vitamins to keep me going.

Run4iiiiiit

well I always heard if you eat tollhouse chocolate chip cookies on a treadmill, they have NO fat or calories ...

I'll back you up on that, so it says member submitted 1 confirmation.

melsinct

I found the most outrageous offense yesterday. I was adding a NY strip steak to my diary and was looking through the options. Someone listed 6 ounces of beef having no fat (!) or cholesterol. Even worse, 13 people CONFIRMED IT!!! Idiots. So I went in, edited it, now at least 14 people on MFP are missing their fat free, cholesterol free steak. :laugh:

swaymyway

Interesting that a lot of people don't realise you can edit the entries - definitely something more people SHOULD know and do around here so that the database is as accurate as it can be

When you see an incorrect or incomplete food, click on 'nutritional info', you will see a question asking if it's accurate, click on 'No' and then select 'edit' and you can correct it!

PoeRaven

I completely agree with you!
I have seen so many foods listed that cannot possibly be correct. A lot of them aren't correct on the calorie content either, yet I know there are people out there that don't research out the foods they are eating and end up being way over on calories.
My philosophy: If something doesn't sound "right", I always go to the web and check it out.
The barcode option for smart phones has been a real time saver for ACCURATELY logging calories and other nutrition values too.