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Different readings for carbs on Diet Doctor LCHF and MFP???

Ominu
Ominu Posts: 14 Member
edited November 14 in Social Groups
Indian cabbage stir fry recipe imported correctly shows 29g carbs per serving and on the Diet Doctor website it's 10g. So what's going on here then? Which do I believe?!

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  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    Diet doctor may be using NET carbs vs actual carbs - it should say someplace on the site.

    Net carbs are the amount of carbs in the dish minus the fiber (the carbs that your body cannot digest). Some people use net carbs, some don't - it's strictly a personal choice.
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,785 Member
    Ominu wrote: »
    Indian cabbage stir fry recipe imported correctly shows 29g carbs per serving and on the Diet Doctor website it's 10g. So what's going on here then? Which do I believe?!

    MFP doesn't do net carbs, so the other site probably does use net carbs. The launch pad has a way to have your daily food report with net carbs as well as the standard listing of carbs.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    I shuffled my MFP macros list around to show carbs and immediately next to it, show fibre, that way it's easy to subtract if you want... or just look at your total carbs.
  • adm88
    adm88 Posts: 78 Member
    With the DD website vs MFP I have also noticed that when I put the recipe in, fix the ingredients to match and then save and log it, the calories are way more on MFP then a normal meal. I'm new to LC and I know it's going to be different but I'm still trying to stay under 1500 calories a day. Anyone else have trouble with this?
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    adm88 wrote: »
    With the DD website vs MFP I have also noticed that when I put the recipe in, fix the ingredients to match and then save and log it, the calories are way more on MFP then a normal meal. I'm new to LC and I know it's going to be different but I'm still trying to stay under 1500 calories a day. Anyone else have trouble with this?

    Not precisely this scenario, but it does seem to work best in input individual ingredients into MFP rather than to import a recipe.

    FYI, Cronometer.com is much better at providing detailed nutritional information than MFP, where user-supplied values can be all over the place.

    In addition, food values on labels may differ significantly from actual content, and this in turn may vary from what each of us actually ingests and metabolizes....

    YMMV.... I still use MFP, but I assume there's a +/- 10-15% margin of error and tend to shade my calories on the low side and protein on the high side.
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