Macro and micronutrients missing from diet.

cmriverside wrote: »

You can track up to 13 different nutrients. There is a "View Full Report - Printable" version button at the bottom on your Food page, click that and the defaults columns on that page are:

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholest Sodium Sugars Fiber

You can choose from a drop-down list for your FOOD page: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings


Those are the choices available to track.

Food database items are entered by users/members, so not all nutrients will be available nor correct on all foods. You can create your own foods if you want more.

Well, you can only include info on the vitamins and minerals for which there are fields in the MFP database, and those are vitamins A and C and the minerals sodium, potassium, calcium, and iron. The fields in the MFP database reflect the U.S. nutritional labels in use at the time the database was created, presumably because the expectation was that users adding to the crowd-sourced database would be using the nutritional labels on their food packages as their sources of information.

justingayton20 wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

You can track up to 13 different nutrients. There is a "View Full Report - Printable" version button at the bottom on your Food page, click that and the defaults columns on that page are:

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholest Sodium Sugars Fiber

You can choose from a drop-down list for your FOOD page: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings


Those are the choices available to track.

Food database items are entered by users/members, so not all nutrients will be available nor correct on all foods. You can create your own foods if you want more.

Well, you can only include info on the vitamins and minerals for which there are fields in the MFP database, and those are vitamins A and C and the minerals sodium, potassium, calcium, and iron. The fields in the MFP database reflect the U.S. nutritional labels in use at the time the database was created, presumably because the expectation was that users adding to the crowd-sourced database would be using the nutritional labels on their food packages as their sources of information.

So wait is that like saying these other vitamins are important but they don’t count them because of the u.s idea of what’s needed in a diet?

MFP is a US site that is used internationally. The settings and goals in the food log are all formulated based on the US FDA recommendations and US food labeling. There is no "US idea" of what's needed in a diet, but food labels here aren't required to list every vitamin and mineral. If you are eating a balanced diet and don't have a deficiency showing up on your bloodwork, I'm not sure focusing on micro nutrients is worth too much effort, but there may be other sites that have a better framework for that if it's something you want to do.