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Dialysis patient

dmtransam
dmtransam Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love this app... but wish it included phosporus countin incorporated into the program as well :) as I need to definately watch the phophorus levels along with potassium and sodium levels..

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  • Ieyen
    Ieyen Posts: 19 Member
    Please do not trust MFP to track micronutrients.

    Often times people fill in just calories or macros, and leave stuff like potassium blank , which could lead to the false belief that a particular food contains no potassium or whatnot. Normally I would not care if a random person was trying to use MFP to track micronutrients...but in your case , that misunderstanding could be lethal . So whatever you use on MFP, please verify from an outside trusted source.

    Sorry if I'm already stating the obvious, but it's just too dangerous not to mention :(
    I dont know if there are any dialysis/renal/chf groups on mfp that have some way of dealing with this?

    (as an aside to the whole world of MFP, please ,can everyone out there at least *try* to submit completely and accurately as possible? if you want to submit a sloppy and incomplete entry, for the love of god can you keep it to yourself. thanks)
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Ex: Look at a can of beans.
    You know they have a lot of potassium.
    But if you look at the label, there is no place for potassium.
    Therefore the people that input that data (us - the users) cannot input potassium into this program.
    Ex 2: Skim milk.
    Few labels will tell you the potassium content.
    If I wanted to input a new item into this database, I would have to guess by looking at other websites.

    Note: I learned that if you rinse a can of beans in lots of water in a colander, you can reduce the sodium content by 40%. Buy low sodium anyway.
    My favorite potassium rich food are skim milk and V-8 low sodium.
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