Calcium

MonaGrace57
MonaGrace57 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know how myfitnesspal tracks calcium, 1gram would equal how many mg's? 1,000, right? But that doesn't really make sense for how it has been tracking it on my diary.

Thanks

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  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    The Daily Reference Intakes are set by the US FDA guidelines and are based on a 2000 daily caloric diet for the average person. Not all micronutrients are required to be reported on US Nutrition Facts labels; but if they are reported, these are the daily RDIs the percentages per serving are to be based on.
    (iv) The following RDI's and nomenclature are established for the following vitamins and minerals which are essential in human nutrition:

    Vitamin A, 5,000 International Units
    Vitamin C, 60 milligrams
    Calcium, 1,000 milligrams
    Iron, 18 milligrams
    Vitamin D, 400 International Units
    Vitamin E, 30 International Units
    Vitamin K, 80 micrograms
    Thiamin, 1.5 milligrams
    Riboflavin, 1.7 milligrams
    Niacin, 20 milligrams
    Vitamin B6, 2.0 milligrams
    Folate, 400 micrograms
    Vitamin B12, 6 micrograms
    Biotin, 300 micrograms
    Pantothenic acid, 10 milligrams
    Phosphorus, 1,000 milligrams
    Iodine, 150 micrograms
    Magnesium, 400 milligrams
    Zinc, 15 milligrams
    Selenium, 70 micrograms
    Copper, 2.0 milligrams
    Manganese, 2.0 milligrams
    Chromium, 120 micrograms
    Molybdenum, 75 micrograms
    Chloride, 3,400 milligrams

    Reference:

    http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.9
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Most of us get too much calcium, and not enough magnesium and vitamin D.
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