Vitamins, Calcium & Iron not entered on database
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heatherfrew
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Hello there,
I've just started MFP last week and absolutely loving it so far. The only thing I'm wondering about is when I select a lot of my items (eg tea/coffee with milk, prawns, brocolli - anything really!) it regularly doesn't have things like vitamins, calcium and iron entered. Obviously there is calcium in milk, iron in brocolli etc etc...but why doesn't it show up? I have no idea how close or far I am from my daily nutrient goals because of this....
Is there a solution?
Thanks,
Heather
I've just started MFP last week and absolutely loving it so far. The only thing I'm wondering about is when I select a lot of my items (eg tea/coffee with milk, prawns, brocolli - anything really!) it regularly doesn't have things like vitamins, calcium and iron entered. Obviously there is calcium in milk, iron in brocolli etc etc...but why doesn't it show up? I have no idea how close or far I am from my daily nutrient goals because of this....
Is there a solution?
Thanks,
Heather
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Hi there -
You can adjust what shows up under Settings --> Diary Settings. Also, you can run a REPORT on your Nutrition and select what aspect you wish to display. Good luck!0 -
Sorry, I mean when you go to add the food item to your diary, and you can show the nutritional data, it often says: Iron -N/A, Calcium - N/A, Vitamin C - N/A, Vitamin A - N/A ... is this because the information on the database has been entered by members, and isn't really verified? How do I know what information is correct?
At the end of the day when I look at my nutrition it might say about 8% iron, 15%calcium..even though I've eaten red meat and drank plenty milky coffee's or eaten cheese for example.
I hope that makes sense haha I'm beginning to confuse myself!!
Thanks0
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