Nutrition Requirements

Cynthiamr2015
Cynthiamr2015 Posts: 161 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am trying to get my nutrition requirements where they are suppose to be. Where can I find the right % numbers so I can make sure that my MFP is right? I have found that my salt is to high so I am making sure that the rest is ok o. :)

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    It is the very rare person who manages to get all their micros in every single day.

    If you just use the MFP info - look at how you're doing - you'll see where you are are getting enough every day and where you're under all the time and need some work.

    If you're going to track your micros, it is best to use the USDA entries. Labels don't include everything that is actually in the food. The USDA entries require a little work. That USDA website isn't very user-friendly. Also, there are some foods that I've never been able to find there, so more investigating has to be done before I can guess.

    Tracking micros is kind of a project. If you enjoy it or are really dedicated to making your diet more well-balanced, it can be fun, but it's extra work.

    When I wanted to learn about nutrition, I hit the library and bought a textbook. I've seen enough ridiculous stuff on google and said by ding-dong people who don't know what they're talking about that I don't trust most of what I see online. I decided to just learn it for myself. It's quicker and easier than trying to sort through and verify things found online. So, I advise going to the library. :)
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  • Cynthiamr2015
    Cynthiamr2015 Posts: 161 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    I have compared to other sites, and MFP is right on the money !!!!
    you'll notice that you will almost never reach potassium.
    this is common here
    prepared food companies are not required to put it on labels, so this database does not have the numbers
    at your age, make sure you get your fiber intake to at least 20 grams / day and keep your saturated fat intake to what the doctor tells you. i am sure you take a daily multi-vitamin

    Hello, I take what is on my food journal every day. I was told I did not need a multi-vitamin. Just what I am taking now. I do have a problem with protein that low (20g), I have mine at carbs 225, fats 60, sodium 1500, sugar 45, Protein 90. ( I lowered my sodium because right now I can not take blood pressure medications because they have something in them that I am allergic too)
    I HAVE to work out to keep my blood pressure down. USDA has lowered the sodium amount for people who have health problems to 1500 g a day. So I am trying that and so far it is working. So are my numbers ok? I really appreciate both of your help. :smiley:
  • Cynthiamr2015
    Cynthiamr2015 Posts: 161 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    It is the very rare person who manages to get all their micros in every single day.

    If you just use the MFP info - look at how you're doing - you'll see where you are are getting enough every day and where you're under all the time and need some work.

    If you're going to track your micros, it is best to use the USDA entries. Labels don't include everything that is actually in the food. The USDA entries require a little work. That USDA website isn't very user-friendly. Also, there are some foods that I've never been able to find there, so more investigating has to be done before I can guess.

    Tracking micros is kind of a project. If you enjoy it or are really dedicated to making your diet more well-balanced, it can be fun, but it's extra work.

    When I wanted to learn about nutrition, I hit the library and bought a textbook. I've seen enough ridiculous stuff on google and said by ding-dong people who don't know what they're talking about that I don't trust most of what I see online. I decided to just learn it for myself. It's quicker and easier than trying to sort through and verify things found online. So, I advise going to the library. :)

    I will be going to the library too. Any books that could help me? Got any titles that I can look for?
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Cynthiamr2015 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    It is the very rare person who manages to get all their micros in every single day.

    If you just use the MFP info - look at how you're doing - you'll see where you are are getting enough every day and where you're under all the time and need some work.

    If you're going to track your micros, it is best to use the USDA entries. Labels don't include everything that is actually in the food. The USDA entries require a little work. That USDA website isn't very user-friendly. Also, there are some foods that I've never been able to find there, so more investigating has to be done before I can guess.

    Tracking micros is kind of a project. If you enjoy it or are really dedicated to making your diet more well-balanced, it can be fun, but it's extra work.

    When I wanted to learn about nutrition, I hit the library and bought a textbook. I've seen enough ridiculous stuff on google and said by ding-dong people who don't know what they're talking about that I don't trust most of what I see online. I decided to just learn it for myself. It's quicker and easier than trying to sort through and verify things found online. So, I advise going to the library. :)

    I will be going to the library too. Any books that could help me? Got any titles that I can look for?
    Not really. I haven't read enough to say that this one is better than that one.

    I have noticed that in the Nutrition textbooks, they tend to try to explain a little Biochem or Physiology so that people can understand the Nutrition principle being explained. The Biochem and Physiology stuff, though, is too much, too fast. Without a background in it, I can totally see beginning Nutrition students saying, "What the hell?! I don't get this!" because there's just no way that they could. On the flip side, to really understand it, you'd have to start at the beginning and build up to it...and that's a textbook in itself, lol. If you're just reading to get some nutrition info, though, you don't really need to know all the Hows and Whys.

    Just look for books that are up to date and were not written by fitness gurus. Take what you can understand and leave what you can't. Nobody needs all that stuff to lose weight or eat healthy. :)
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