What do the numbers mean?

AleciaG724 · June 2013

I joined MFP two months ago because I didn't like WW "Magic Number" that tends to dumb the nutrition down to just one meaningless number. I'm super happy at my progress so far - it's working for me: slow & steady wins the race, right? Being vegetarian and wanting to meet my nutritional needs, I want/need to know what the numbers mean. That said, I am confused by my goal numbers here. Particularly Calcium & Iron. For example:

My "goal" for calcium is 100. Great - 100 what, 100mg or 100% of my RDA, or what?? My RDA for calcium is 18mg. 1/2 cup cooked edamame = 4.4mg calcium, so that would be 25% of my RDA, but MFP says it's 10 - 10 what??

Any help out there, or is there info somewhere that I'm missing which explains the macros & goals?
Thanks!!
Alecia

lemonmon1 · June 2013

Wondering the same thing! How can 100% be the same for someone 5'2 and someone 6'1?

dgoradia · June 2013

Here you go.

Calcium: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/
Iron: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-HealthProfessional/

AleciaG724 · June 2013

I DON'T NEED to know what my RDA's are, or what foods contain what nutrients... I understand this and know where to find the info.

I NEED to know what the MFP numbers mean. Can anyone else help?

AleciaG724 · June 2013

Anyone??

What do the numbers mean?

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