Nutritional info

TamTamW
TamTamW Posts: 27
in Food and Nutrition
Ok here is a question...

So when you look at the nutritional info on an item and it says it is based on a 2000 calorie diet, how do you figure it out when your diet is only 1420 calories?

Tam

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  • elelat
    elelat Posts: 117
    I have always suppose that is only for the percentages.

    The other info cant change. Food is going to have the same amount of stuff regardless caloric diets.
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    It only affects the percentages. If it says there are 200 calories in it, there are always 200 calories in it regardless of how many calories you eat in a day.

    =]
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    vitamins and minerals are "targets" for the day regardless of calorie intake are they not? vit A C D K etc have targets separate from the calories.
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    they mean the % is based

    so if it says 200 calories
    30 grams of fat 50%
    30 grams of carb 50^%

    then the 30 grams would be 50 % of what you need if you were eating 2,000 calories a day

    for purposes here on this site, you simply need to input calories and grams ,,,
  • TamTamW
    TamTamW Posts: 27
    Thanks guys!

    I wasn't sure if I had to worry about that number.

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