Calcium setting

2vgorter1416
2vgorter1416 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

calcium is set at 100% - how many mg is that?

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,419 Member

    Google is your friend.

    In my understanding, the USDA labeling information is what's in play here. I'm sure there are others, but I think this is a current document, and it'll do:

    https://www.fda.gov/food/new-nutrition-facts-label/daily-value-new-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels

    That would imply that 100% = 1300mg. Since it's input into MFP in percents, the percents are (theoretically) coming from the labels, the underlying gram value should be the one that's implied on the labels. In your MFP goals, you can change the percent (to whatever percent of 1300mg you prefer), if you like.

    Be careful, though: The MFP database is crowd-sourced, so not all entries are accurate.

  • pilotlife53
    pilotlife53 Posts: 2 Member

    I’m a big fan of MFP but this is one thing I very much dislike. The use of percentages in their nutrients instead of mg. It’s frustrating to have to google search what the RDA of a nutrient is. Also the calcium rda changes depending on age so I would like to just enter the mg of calcium myself for my goal.

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