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List more nutrients for tracking

VLynH333
VLynH333 Posts: 1 Member
in Feature Suggestions and Ideas
It would be great if you could add to the nutrients list and make it a more complete vitamin, amino acid, and mineral panel.
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  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 846 MFP Staff
    Our team is definitely considering adding native support for tracking additional vitamins (such as Vitamins D and K), as well as supplements, or medications. In the meantime, many users use the Notes area to record these additional items.

    As an alternative, you can create a new Meal category called "Vitamins and Supplements". You can then create a custom food entry in the food database to represent your vitamin or supplement, and log this item to your diary when you consume it.

    Hopefully this can help for now!
  • werepossum
    werepossum Posts: 1 Member
    B vitamins and zinc would be great to add!
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Are those details actually available on the 'Nutrition information' of most foods? You can't record or track information that isn't there.
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,354 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    Are those details actually available on the 'Nutrition information' of most foods? You can't record or track information that isn't there.

    Nope. And it's not likely people will go off and do deep-dive nutritional research for every entry they make when so many entries can't even manage filling out what's already on the label.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,253 Member
    edited April 26
    For those few people who truly care, it would let them more fully enter their own foods, though, if they want to make the effort.
  • briannekoff
    briannekoff Posts: 1 Member
    edited May 31
    Agreed! I’m pregnant and need to track certain nutrients like choline, folate, etc to ensure I’m getting enough through nutrition and supplements daily. I know that some other Food Apps have this so it would be nice to be able to have the info for the people who need it/care.

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