What is the Unit of Measurement for Calcium?

Klavans
Klavans Posts: 1 Member
edited March 2 in Food and Nutrition
I can't figure out whether the unit is 1 mg, 10 mg, or 100 mg??? The number I aim for from my Doctor is 1200 per day and I can't compute this from MFP "units". Does anyone know?

Thanks in advance,

Protecting-from-Osteoporosis

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Calcium is reported as % of RDA based on a 2000 calorie intake.

    look at the bottom of any food entry in the database :-
    Vitamin A 0% Calcium 0%
    Vitamin C 0% Iron 0%
    *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
  • GatorDeb1
    GatorDeb1 Posts: 245 Member
    MFP puts in a percentage so if it says 40 it's 40% not grams, and it goes off the daily recommended value for most adults of 1200mg of calcium, so 50% would be 600mg for the day.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    I can't figure out whether the unit is 1 mg, 10 mg, or 100 mg??? The number I aim for from my Doctor is 1200 per day and I can't compute this from MFP "units". Does anyone know?

    Thanks in advance,

    Protecting-from-Osteoporosis
    Just to add MFP is not likely to be an accurate way of tracking calcium. In most countries it is not a legal requirement to record it on food labels so many foods in the database wont have it listed. That along with user error when entering food in the database I really wouldn't rely on those figures
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