Food group logging

PepeDrat
PepeDrat Posts: 3 Member
edited January 19 in Food and Nutrition
Hi,
What do the numbers mean on my food group log?
They make no sense, and there's no explanation anywhere.
For instance, I apparently logged 3 vegetables last week.
I had 200 grams of sprouts with dinner everyday, so I don't understand why it says 3.
I had three good sources of protein everyday, but MFP has logged 7
Can anyone explain this?

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Answers

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,961 Member
    edited January 19
    It's a beta feature I think, definitely not working properly yet.
    Looking at my own diary, I think it counts the number of different vegetables etc that you've logged during the week. It doesn't seem to look at the amount or frequency.
  • PepeDrat
    PepeDrat Posts: 3 Member
    I would expect it to at least log the number of veg servings I've had, which would be 7.
    Or even better log the number of NHS recommended portions, which would be 17.5 for the week, at 80 grams per portion.
    But for some reason it's logged 3.
    And it gives no explanation.

    Sorry for the rant.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,615 Member
    PepeDrat wrote: »
    I would expect it to at least log the number of veg servings I've had, which would be 7.
    Or even better log the number of NHS recommended portions, which would be 17.5 for the week, at 80 grams per portion.
    But for some reason it's logged 3.
    And it gives no explanation.

    Sorry for the rant.

    Given that the database is largely user added, and the info entered in is just nutritional numbers and a free-text name of the item, I'd wonder how it was recognizing the entry as fruit/veg, and would posit that it isn't, unless it is one of the MFP added (green checked, but not all green checks are MFP added) items. Meaning that if you use one of the user added items, then it's not going to count it, because how could it?

    I'm guessing it also doesn't count items where it's a product which has multiple ingredients, some/many of which are veg, like logging a pre-made ratatouille or salad using the barcode.

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