Nutrients

Compare Food Tool
I want to compare two foods in your food database side-by-side to more easily decide which item to purchase or eat, so that I can quickly compare macros and other key nutrients. You definitely do have the largest nutrition database of any of them -- so this is the natural place I want to use to compare foods. You have at…
Reaching protein goal
I am to consume 143 gr of protein daily on a -2000 calorie budget. I’m eating eggs, yogurt, chicken breast, and beans. But I’m lucky if I make it to 120 gr, which is rare. Any suggestions?
60+ and so fed up of failing.
Been here plodding along for a few months now and just getting angrier with myself. I'm seeing no changes, I am hitting all my nutrient goals, yet I feel less and less motivated to work out what's going on. So frustrated with this body that seems to be hanging on to way over 3st more than it should. I really would love to…
Should I change my calorie intake on rest days?
I’ve noticed that I move significantly less on rest days, especially because I have a desk job. Should I be decreasing my calorie intake on these days?
Long time creaper first time posting.
I have used MFP on and off for years. Well now the time has come to get serious. I was diagnosed w congestive heart failure on my 60th Birthday. So now its no salt, no alcohol limited fluids (8 cups a day of any fluid) and get down to healthy weight. I've lost 34lbs (mostly water weight) and have been sober for almost 30…
Hi!
I'm a 38 year old male who has been on a fitness journey for the past 2 years. I used to be obese more than 10 years ago, topping out at 250lbs, lost weight and began a healthier lifestyle which included cutting out gluten (found out I had a sensitivity). Then I had a pretty bad car accident. My fitness journey came to a…
Splitting Added Sugar out from Sugar counts
I am tracking on MFP, and find the macro tracking usually useful. However, my diet is high in fruits and vegetables that have a pretty high sugar count. So I am consistently warned that I go over my daily sugar intake, then recommended to eat more fruits and vegetables. It would be really helpful if the app could…
Add Vitamin D tracking
It would be nice to learn how much vitamin D we are getting from our diets so we know when to cut back or augment supplements.
Excited for Measured Successes
I am excited to be able to move forward in my health by keeping account of my intake and having a reason for limiting bad consumption. Mostly, knowing the nutritional benefits alongside the physical exercises to boost my results, really keeps me motivated! Looking forward to the push and the results!
The Year of Yes Ma’am
Hi - I’m Sande. New to MFP Premium, but have been mostly active for most of my 56.5 years :) Mum to 2 adult children, 2 rescue pups, and partner to 1 adventure mate! We live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for one more year then “retirement” in Calgary, Alberta! Hello Mountains! Mental health issues for a number of years…
Smoothie (Chew or Swallow)
I’ve taken to making “smoothies” (chunkies?) rather than juicing. I make my smoothies chunky rather than completely liquified. Does anyone else prefer a chunkier smoothie? I like the fiber content and the fact that I’m consuming whole food nutrition. I have also read research that chewing helps with digestion and fuels a…
Best Food to Eat Before Workout
I’m wanting to get away from pre workouts and man made supplements. What is the best food to eat before a workout that will give you an extra boost to your workout?
Any other pescatarians?!
Hello! New member here. Wanted to start a discussion about struggles in getting enough protein as a pescatarian. I primarily eat plant-based with some seafood. Main sources of protein right now are tofu, beans, lentils, chia seeds, and vegan protein shakes (my filler). Any other protein recommendations I’m missing or…
Post 40 bloat
Any suggestions on reducing the post 40 bloating and love handles?!
Add salt as an option in nutrition info or salt to sodium converter
Hi all. I saw an old post discussing adding salt to the nutrition info, from a few years ago. It wasn't in the feature forum, and I couldn't find another recent post discussing the matter. In the UK, most things are labelled with salt content, not sodium. I've found that this leads to a lot of incorrect entries for food,…
Addicted to sugar
Hi! I'm looking for some advice on how to deal with always craving sugar. I kept gaining weight whithout understanding why. First my nutritionist told me that it's because of the sweets (mostly different kinds of chocolate, including vegan bars and fitness bars), but I didn't realize it until I started counting calories.…
THANK YOU to everyone who includes all of the nutritional info on labels
I appreciate everyone who includes sodium, potassium, and all other nutrients listed on nutrition labels when you put something into the data base. I have multiple chronic medical issues that require me to know more than I want to about the food I eat, and the ones with all of the info, done accurately, is very helpful.…
Salt
I have to severely limit my salt intake. Everything has so much salt in it these days! I'm limited to 2000mg salt per day. Is there any good low salt bread?
Educational Details about Nutrients
In the nutrient section where there is the whole list of nutrients and how much you had of your allowance, add a section (could toggle visibility) that educates about the nutrient. For example, I click on monounsaturated fats. Explanation could be "Monounsaturated fats are found in plant foods, such as nuts, avocados, and…
Post Workout
Hey everyone, I’m quite new here and I was just wondering is the post workout protein intake critical for muscle/weight gain?
Moved here from Noom
Hello I just recently left Noom. Was part of it since 2019. But jumped ship. Landed here and I have to say that this App has a lot more to offer. I’m not here to complain about Noom. It just was not working for me anymore. So looking at this App I see so much more that I can glean off beside valor count fat/sugar/protein…
Hi there!!!
Hi! I'm new to this neighborhood. I began my fitness adventure by going from being completely sedentary to starting 75 HARD (to find out what that is, do a Google search). It's insane! during April. I just continued going after finishing 75 HARD. I'm currently on day 153 of my daily fitness regimen. Though I'm still…
Finding faith!
It is so hard, some days to believe that I can go beyond what I have been able to do before. But the idea of doing just that, brings tears to my eyes, knowing if i can do this for myself, I can do more hard things in life with confidence. Today was a low day. Then I just kept at myself, that I could do it, and found faith.…
"Negative" Nutrients OPTION
It would be so helpful if we could enter "negative" entries. AS IN... a restaurant's "salad" is in the database but includes dressing. You do not eat the dressing. You know the nutrition of the dressing but you cannot back the dressing out of the entry without manually "re-entering" (creating) the adjusted salad as a whole…
Reading MFP stats
Wondering if anyone can help... looking at my weekly stat, the calories burned are much lower than calories consumed. Is this not accounting for the daily calories that my body uses just to exist? Or do I not have a calories deficit at all?
add an option for entering mg or percentages for vitamin a, c, d, iron, and calcium.
I was double checking my vitamins to see what information was listed in the app compared to the bottle; and it seems that companies usually list the dosages of each ingredient in mg instead of a percentage. I found that lots of vitamins that have been entered in the database already have put in the mg count instead of…
Breastfeeding mummy trying to get fit! HELP! ☺️
Anyone with advice on building strength and cutting body fat percentage whilst breastfeeding (2 year old!) trying to wean him off but don’t want to delay fitness journey any longer, want to feel stronger and cut body fat percentage due to high cholesterol. 37 years old, weighing in at 65kg Struggling to balance cutting too…
ADDED sugar
Can you please add "ADDED sugar" as a data entry option for food logging? Thank you

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