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How can I work out my iron and calcium targets in grams?
pickrells
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Hi there, I've been filling in meals/diet planner for the past week. I regularly fall low on iron and calcium no matter how much green veg I eat (I can't have dairy, gluten or nuts/seeds). The nutrition information for calcium and iron is in % and I really want to see it in grams so I can work out how to improve it. Can anyone help?
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Calcium 700mg/day http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/Calcium.aspx
Iron 8.7mg/day for men, 14.8mg/day for women http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/Iron.aspx0 -
If you can count your iron intake in grams, you go'n die.1
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And is this what mfp uses? Does it adjust for age? According to
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-HealthProfessional/#h2
Women over 50 only need 8mg which makes sense. Any idea how I find out mfp settings?0
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