Key information missing from the app - and confusing info is presented

bob_hatcher
bob_hatcher Posts: 6 Member
in Getting Started
I started using the app two weeks ago and in general I like it. But, it's missing certain info that I think is really important and confusing in other ways.

As a triathlete many years ago, I was taught that there are three main food groups: Carbs, Fats and Proteins, and that the best way to measure what you eat is the percent of calories that come from each group. Carbs and Protein have four calories per gram while fat has nine.

But the app only shows me the number of grams of each I've eaten and, to me, that has no value. For example the "Week" view shows that on average I've eaten:

Protein: 56 grams
Carbs: 230 grams
Fiber: 23 grams
Sugar: 86 grams
Fat: 54 grams

What I'd like to see is this:
Protein 56 grams, 224 calories, 14% of calories came from protein
Fat: 54 grams, 504 calories, 31% of calories came from fat
Carbs: 230 grams, 820 calories, 55% of calories came from carbs.

I've always thought that measuring as a percentage of calories is a far better indicator than percent of grams.

One other issue... that page lists Fiber and Sugar. But, both of those are carbs! So, I don't know if the carb total includes or excludes fiber and sugar.

Thanks,

PS, and yes, I realize after one week that I am eating too much sugar and not enough protein!

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  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    on an Android phone, select the nutrition option from the drop-down menu. there are 3 tabs - calories, nutrition and macros. the macros option has the percentages of carbs/protein/fat.
  • bob_hatcher
    bob_hatcher Posts: 6 Member
    You are right. The page implies that the average is grams, but when you do the arithmetic you can see that it's as a percentage of calories.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited October 2017
    bob_hatcher wrote: »
    One other issue... that page lists Fiber and Sugar. But, both of those are carbs! So, I don't know if the carb total includes or excludes fiber and sugar.
    The carb total does include fiber and sugar if the user who input the data into the database entered it from a US Nutrition Facts label. Some users purposefully subtract fiber from the carb total so that the entry is net carbs so you need to double-check the entries you use for that and that the nutrients have been entered into the database correctly. Personally, I enter foods that I use often into My Foods without sharing with the database so that I know the info is correct.

    You can choose different nutrients to show on your diary page. I don't bother to show sugar (sodium is more important to me) but have fiber.
  • bob_hatcher
    bob_hatcher Posts: 6 Member
    Excellent, thank you.

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