Do you log nutritional supplements that have calories?

Phrick
Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm about to start taking flax oil as a supplement and don't know if I should count the 110 calories per Tbsp or not. I mean it IS 110 extra calories I'm putting in my body, but I've read a couple of "I'm about to graduate as a registered nutritionist and you shouldn't count nutritional oils" posts too so now I'm a little confused.

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  • Fitburd
    Fitburd Posts: 92 Member
    That's like saying follow a sugar free diet, but chocolate doesn't count. If you are following a calorie controlled diet, every calorie counts doesn't matter where it comes from. I'm studying nutrition and I have never read not to count oils (maybe I haven't got to that bit yet)
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    If it's something that's less than 10 cals I probably wouldn't count it as the margin of error is enough to fit it in.

    However it's 110 cals so yes it should be counted - that's 770 over the course of a week or over 3300 per month, i.e. nearly 1lb's worth of cals over a month that haven't been accounted for.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    If you're counting calories, then 110 calories is fairly significant. Sounds a bit like when people say not to count fruit and vegetables because they're "good for you". Just because something is good for you doesn't make the calories no longer exist. If you're at a calorie deficit anyway, then the flax oil is unlikely to stop you losing weight, but it will eat into your deficit if you don't count it.
  • NHoughton13
    NHoughton13 Posts: 303
    I agree with Karen. If it were a 10 calorie vitamin, I'd say skip it. But 110 calories seems hard to ignore.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    Thanks all for confirming what I kind of suspected any way. I put it in my oatmeal and counted it.

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