USA foods: determining equivalence in Canadian calories
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WinnerVictorious
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i see this mistake made often by beginning Canadian calorie counters. keep in mind that MFP is an American website, so we use the american kilocalorie as our base unit of measure. however, Canada still uses the royal standard. if you're going to eat food produced in the USA while in Canada, you need to convert those American calories into Canadian (royal) calories, otherwise your food logging will be off.
it's really simple.
- look up the daily exchange rate between the USA and Canada
- apply that conversion factor to the numbers on the label of any food produced in the USA, but eaten in Canada.
for example, if the day's calorie exchange rate is 1.03 Canadian (royal) calories for every 1.00 American calorie, you'd take that number and multiply it by the calorie amounts listed on the package for the American food.
e.g., a 270 calorie American bagel is equivalent to 270 x 1.03 = 278.1 Canadian calories.
this also applies to your macro settings for protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
i hope this was useful for those of you in Canada struggling to understand why you have stalled or hit a plateau. you are simply not logging the correct amount of calories. you can either eat only Canadian food, remember to apply this exchange rate conversion to your logging efforts, or eat as many meals as possible in the USA.
good luck, eh?
it's really simple.
- look up the daily exchange rate between the USA and Canada
- apply that conversion factor to the numbers on the label of any food produced in the USA, but eaten in Canada.
for example, if the day's calorie exchange rate is 1.03 Canadian (royal) calories for every 1.00 American calorie, you'd take that number and multiply it by the calorie amounts listed on the package for the American food.
e.g., a 270 calorie American bagel is equivalent to 270 x 1.03 = 278.1 Canadian calories.
this also applies to your macro settings for protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
i hope this was useful for those of you in Canada struggling to understand why you have stalled or hit a plateau. you are simply not logging the correct amount of calories. you can either eat only Canadian food, remember to apply this exchange rate conversion to your logging efforts, or eat as many meals as possible in the USA.
good luck, eh?
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That's why I only eat Canadian.0
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I live close enough to Canada that I am going to start using the Canadian exchange.0
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Very interesting.
Does the same apply to the UK?0 -
Can you do a conversion equation for our friends in the UK as well, WV?0
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That's why I only eat Canadian.
What are you doing tomorrow night?..have I got the proposition for you0 -
Very interesting.
Does the same apply to the UK?
the conversion process is the same, but you use a different calorie exchange rate.
however, since you're an American living in the UK, the process may be more complex for you. if you've not had your metabolism adjusted to be on the royal standard, then you need to take the inverse of the exchange rate and apply it to your UK calorie amounts to find the correct amount that you are actually ingesting, unless you are only eating American foods while in the UK, in which case you don't need to do anything.0 -
Wait, now I'm confused.....what if I'm a Canadian living in the US?0
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Sounds so serious...who's hacked your account?0
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That's why I only eat Canadian.
What are you doing tomorrow night?..have I got the proposition for you
Well, tomorrow is Friday and wings are on the menu.0 -
I live 30 minutes away from the US border. What happens if I drive there right now and eat an apple right at the border crossing? Are those negative calories? Or do they add up?0
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I live 30 minutes away from the US border. What happens if I drive there right now and eat an apple right at the border crossing? Are those negative calories? Or do they add up?
it' depends where your center of mass is located. since the border itself is imaginary, no matter how hard you try, your center of mass will be on one side of the border or the other. i suggest that nobody eat anything within... say... 10 feet of any international border, just to be on the safe side with your logging.0 -
So if I shoot a moose in Saskatchewan and it falls dead in Montana, how many calories will be in the moose jerky I make from it?0
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I've never eaten a Canadian... any volunteers?
This creepy post brought to you by: Boredom!0 -
sigh,,, us CANADIANS., are PERFECT.0
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So if I shoot a moose in Saskatchewan and it falls dead in Montana, how many calories will be in the moose jerky I make from it?
it only matters where you eat it and whether or not you've had your metabolism adjusted from it's default condition.
sometimes, when flying internationally, the TSA screeners will adjust your metabolism for you as a convenience. that's what they are doing when the grope you... they are feeling around for your metabolism adjustment point.0 -
What happens if the bread I buy south of the border is actually made up of wheat grown north of the border, processed north of the border, baked south of the border, only to be brought back north of the border and consumed?
Is this going to be life or death?0 -
I've never eaten a Canadian... any volunteers?
This creepy post brought to you by: Boredom!
I do NOT go well with a nice chianti!
*flees*0 -
What happens if the bread I buy south of the border is actually made up of wheat grown north of the border, processed north of the border, baked south of the border, only to be brought back north of the border and consumed?
Is this going to be life or death?
your jet set lifestyle is too complicated. our caveman ancestors never had such worries. you should simplify your life to be more like them.0 -
What happens if the bread I buy south of the border is actually made up of wheat grown north of the border, processed north of the border, baked south of the border, only to be brought back north of the border and consumed?
Is this going to be life or death?
your jet set lifestyle is too complicated. our caveman ancestors never had such worries. you should simplify your life to be more like them.
Be like whom? The Canadian cavemen or American ones?0
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