You love MFP? PROVE IT... what have you done for MFP lately

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  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    I didn't know there was a difference between salt and sodium? I thought they were the same.
  • vickyplum
    vickyplum Posts: 193 Member
    Hey Deedee

    I'm one of those that if I log something and the values are wrong then I will
    change it and say what and why I changed it the other day it was
    something that was only about 15 or 20 cals out but if someone is
    sticking ridgidly to the claorie count that would totally throw you

    and thats not a good thing
    but yeah if we all check as we log and edit along the way

    great thinking D

    V xxxxx
  • pixiesx3
    pixiesx3 Posts: 172 Member
    I do often edit items that I find are wrong either in spelling or nutritional info. I also confirm food that I know is correct. I wish the most "confirmed" items came up first in search OR that it was a sort filter! (yes, i think i put that in the tech forum)
  • julzmm
    julzmm Posts: 43 Member
    Hi CoraGregoryCP, they are the same but are measured different, 1g of Salt = 400mg of sodium, companies use them to confuse us as to the amount that is actually in each product :-)
  • havalinaaa
    havalinaaa Posts: 333 Member
    I've only been using the site for about a week and a half, and I have already edited several entries. Maybe they should have items only available to the person who entered them, until they can be vetted for accuracy.

    The problem with this is that some things are entered accurately and then they change. My ex boyfriend was vegan and we had to read labels every time we bought things, especially for store brand items, because they changed ingredients surprisingly reguarly (probably based on cost/availability I'd imagine).

    When I run across something off, I do correct it but I don't assume the person who entered it did it wrong. Also, sometimes it's just information that wasn't included, usually vitamins and minerals. I like to track those and it's really hard with this site because so many people do not enter them.
  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    I've been editing misspellings on the site for a while. Don't know why it bothers me, or why I bother, because I understand people spell words like they sound vs. looking them up for correct spelling.... So far, I've corrected patato (potato), tamato (tomato), rasberry (raspberry) and vinegrette (many versions) for correct spelling of vinaigrette. For the nutritional values, If I have the package with me, I will edit it to be the correct nutritional stats, but most of the time, I have thrown away the packaging and rely only on what's out in MFP. It would be great if the MFP gods would delete off duplicate brand that are for the same food product - otherwise your searching for the correct one.
  • purrmeow
    purrmeow Posts: 10 Member
    I've only been using the site for about a week and a half, and I have already edited several entries. Maybe they should have items only available to the person who entered them, until they can be vetted for accuracy.

    The problem with this is that some things are entered accurately and then they change. My ex boyfriend was vegan and we had to read labels every time we bought things, especially for store brand items, because they changed ingredients surprisingly reguarly (probably based on cost/availability I'd imagine).

    When I run across something off, I do correct it but I don't assume the person who entered it did it wrong. Also, sometimes it's just information that wasn't included, usually vitamins and minerals. I like to track those and it's really hard with this site because so many people do not enter them.

    I noticed the same thing with the vitamins and minerals. I think I end up adding that more often than making other corrections. Glad to know you're doing the same. :)
  • fionat29
    fionat29 Posts: 717 Member
    I've spent hours looking up the nutritional values of foods that I eat regularly and entering them. They are all on the data base as Fiona's nutritional and are as accurate as they can be from googling nutritional data.
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