how to work out the calories for various foods?

neens666 · February 2015

hi all, i am just wondering how people work out the calories in certain foods? tonight i am having a 180 gram pork loin steak for dinner. there are several entries in the database for the same thing but the calories seem to vary greatly. i have found this with several items of late and now realize that even though i am weighing what i am eating my actual calorie count could be miles off each day due to this. how do others get the calories for things?

My_Butt · February 2015

I use calorieking, or the nutritional information on the packs. The meat packs I usually buy will say '100 calories per 4oz', a 1lb pack would be around 400 calories. That's for fish or chicken, I believe. But calorie king seems better since you can change the measurements to grams/ounces/cups/liters, anything.

ShandaLeaS · February 2015

I use the barcode scan for 90% of my entries and double check all the info

neens666 · February 2015

i will give calorie king a go then, thanks :-) there is generally no calories given on our meat here, just the weight.

juliet3455 · February 2015

Read the information at these MFP post. It has links to multiple very good reads. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

Try the USDA site as a cross reference.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/

neens666 · February 2015

ShandaLeaS wrote: »

I use the barcode scan for 90% of my entries and double check all the info

are the bar code scans just what someone like me has put into the database? sorry if its a dumb question because that would mean some of them may not be accurate?

neens666 · February 2015

juliet3455 wrote: »

Read the information at these MFP post. It has links to multiple very good reads. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

Try the USDA site as a cross reference.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/[/q

cool thanks, i have seen people on here mention USDA but didnt know what it was :-)

neens666 · February 2015

juliet3455 wrote: »

Read the information at these MFP post. It has links to multiple very good reads. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

Try the USDA site as a cross reference.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/

fantastic! thankyou, i have been hunting for threads to answer questions that i have, and most of my questions seem to be what most people reasonably new to this want to know, that important posts bit will keep me reading for awhile!

kayeiam · February 2015

USDA = United States dept. of Agruculture. I go by the usda lists mostley. They are very close to other sites I trust on giving right info. (calories count and nutritionvalues.org)

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