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People - mg is not g

fredd500
fredd500 Posts: 106 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Why why why is my "My Foods" list filling up with foods from MFP that I have to modify to set the sodium content right? Has something changed in MFP before I started or do people just have problems reading labels and understanding that grams and milligrams are not the same thing?

0.2mg of sodium is negligable. 200mg of sodium is almost 1/10th of my daily allowance and we should all know that exceeding our sodium allowance may lead to water retention and a temporary gain on the scales so it is really important that we get this right.

Most packages I look at here in the UK state sodium content in grams, but MFP wants it in milligrams. Not a problem, I just multiply the packaging value by 1000 when I add foods to the database but I wish everyone would do the same.

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  • louloup
    louloup Posts: 87 Member
    I know. Its so frustrating. Also when people put the calories but then zero everything else. grrrrrr :mad:
  • Angela_MA
    Angela_MA Posts: 260
    I know. Its so frustrating. Also when people put the calories but then zero everything else. grrrrrr :mad:

    Yeah I hate this one too! I always go in and edit it to make it correct.
  • Kminor67
    Kminor67 Posts: 900 Member
    In the US, sodium is listed as mg on the label. Weird.
  • Mairgheal
    Mairgheal Posts: 385 Member
    Soooooo anying isn't it! Pretty much every entry I found (mostly UK/Irish foods) need editing.
    I guess the problem is that most people weren't brought up with the metric system, so they wouldn't have a clue that there's a difference. And of course the packaging here is in grammes, rather than miligrammes.
  • djkymba
    djkymba Posts: 174
    I know. Its so frustrating. Also when people put the calories but then zero everything else. grrrrrr :mad:

    Yeah I hate this one too! I always go in and edit it to make it correct.

    pet peeve!
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