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Gavnormandale
Gavnormandale Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi, been losing weight with a mixture of my fitness and fitbit, I tend to use my fitness for calorie counting and fitbit for measurement.

Have been keeping an eye on my other stats as well and noticed I'm not getting enough iron and potassium, making sure I'm getting bananas and spinach and other green vegetables in my diet now although still don't seem to be getting enough.

On my way to work this morning I bought myself a blackfriers Bakewell flapjack, to my surprise myself fitness records this 110g bar as having almost a quarter of my daily needed iron intake and quite a good dose of potassium as well. Not such a bad treat after all.

Does this sound reasonable to others?

Gav

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You can't really use MFP to track vitamins & minerals, it isn't accurate enough
  • Gavnormandale
    Gavnormandale Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you for the quick reply, what do others use for tracking minerals and vitamins

    Gav
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Unless your doctor has told you you’re deficient in either, you’re likely getting enough. While iron and potassium are items that MFP tracks, not all food manufacturers report them on nutrition labels.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I had issues with potassium some time ago. I researched and found foods that are high in potassium that I like and I often work a couple into my weekly menu. I don't track I just trust that with a varied diet it will work itself out and so far it has.
  • Gavnormandale
    Gavnormandale Posts: 3 Member
    Guess I'm taking it a bit too seriously!

    Thanks for the advice, will just continue to count the calories with a varied diet.

    Gav
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    You could use cronometer to track vitamins and minerals. I log my meals on there every now and then just to make sure I'm getting enough, especially iron and B vitamins as I am sometimes lacking in them.
    The only other way to track them on here is to add all your foods manually including the iron and potassium, but that would only work if they are on the food label.
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