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Nutrients

timboh42
timboh42 Posts: 3
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
anyone else get quirky results when entering food? I just added 2 boiled eggs and got 0 protein? No potassium in banana's, minimal iron in spinach - that kind of stuff

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  • naturesfempower
    naturesfempower Posts: 107 Member
    Yes, there are quirky results in the database. Find the entries the most people have verified and use those.
  • hansmdude
    hansmdude Posts: 111 Member
    I get other weird things happening... I'll add 8 ounces of Chicken Breast to my diary on my desktop and later on when I check on my tablet it says 8 cups and I'm way over my calorie goal, but on my desktop it'll stay as ounces.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    Here are some tips on searching the Food Database.

    Search for eggs in the format "eggs - whole"
    Search for vegetables in the format "vegetable - raw"
    Search for fruit in the format "fruit - raw"
    Search for raw meat in the format "chicken - meat raw" or "beef - meat raw"
    Search for cooked meat in the format "chicken - meat cooked" or "beef - meat cooked"

    These searches should bring up the MFP-entered items at the top of the search list, identified by no asterisk on the Web version, or no Brand / Restaurant or Generic identification on the mobile apps.

    You can also add USDA to the search, but those items are user-entered and could be inaccurate.
  • timboh42
    timboh42 Posts: 3
    Thanks all - not just me then
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Stop looking for the potassium. The FDA does not require it to be on package labels.
  • timboh42
    timboh42 Posts: 3
    In my nutrition goals it tells me I need loads of sodium and potassium - but neither seems to be there in significant numbers. Should I just ignore them?
  • anitaweir
    anitaweir Posts: 2
    I make sure I use the ones that have the potassium listed, by perhaps not actually listing the brand I used (because it has a - in the potassium space) but another similar in calorie and other counts with an actual number in the potassium. I still have trouble coming even close to my goal though, unless I have milk or OJ at every meal wih a serving of potatoes or bananas too.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    timboh42 wrote: »
    In my nutrition goals it tells me I need loads of sodium and potassium - but neither seems to be there in significant numbers. Should I just ignore them?

    Yes. Ignore them.

  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    timboh42 wrote: »
    anyone else get quirky results when entering food? I just added 2 boiled eggs and got 0 protein? No potassium in banana's, minimal iron in spinach - that kind of stuff

    yep, perhaps data entered by the "only calories matter" people.
  • kayeiam
    kayeiam Posts: 215 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    Stop looking for the potassium. The FDA does not require it to be on package labels.

    Just because you don't track potassium, doesn't mean others don't want too. I too track it and that is because in the past, I was extremely low per blood tests and the doctor put me on prescription potassium. (when I started to track it, I was only eating 500 to 700mg. MFP says 3500 and other sites (like "American Heart *kitten*", Diabetic sites, nutritional sites) all seem to say 4700. I now track it and average between 3500 to 4700. So just remember, just because a value doesn't seem to be something you want to track, there may be reasons for others to track them (potassium, iron, etc)
  • anitaweir
    anitaweir Posts: 2
    Also, most people are trying to get up to the potassium, and stay under the sodium.
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