what calcium value is MFP using? (I want 1250mg)

candodarcy · January 2014

Does anyone know what actual number MFP uses for the daily value of calcium and whether it's been adjusted for lower calorie diets? I know on standard packaging everything is based on a 2000 calorie diet, and I want to make sure I'm averaging 1200-1250mg/day of calcium. When I went to manually adjust the number under goals, I found that calcium was just a percentage of the daily value, and I've switched it to 125% on the assumption that MFP is using the standard unadjusted 1000mg daily value -- for 2000 calorie diets -- regardless of what calorie level it's assigned to users. Are they really?

candodarcy · January 2014

bump?

lynn_glenmont · January 2014

It's not an MFP number - the entries just copy from food labels. Assuming that the food is being sold in the U.S., they're based on values adopted by the FDA - for calcium 100% = 1000 mg., so if you want your daily goal to be 1250 mg., change your MFP setting to 125%.

Here's a little more info
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm274593.htm#ca

cmriverside · January 2014

I'm pretty sure MFP used the FDA recommendation for Calcium, so 1,000mg a day is 100%.

http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/SummaryDRIs/~/media/Files/Activity Files/Nutrition/DRIs/5_Summary Table Tables 1-4.pdf

You can change your personal goal by going to :

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_custom

what calcium value is MFP using? (I want 1250mg)

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