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My own coffee creamer recipe? lol
Hey, So I got this brainy idea, I found an awesome bottled coffee creamer at the store it's Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss All Natural Sweet Cream Flavor Coffee Cream....and I'm trying to reverse engineer the recipe with MFP Recipe builder... We know the ingredients on the bottle are written from highest concentration, to lower…
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those that eat back your calories...
how do you deal with your macro-nutrients.......? lol. i work out heavy, 5-6 days a week...and get nervous as the day goes on, seeing my protein, fat, sugar, sodium, etc. go into the negative.....i never did eat back my calories.....but as i've thinned out, i feel i need to fuel the muscle i'm putting on....i've always…
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So I discovered my fav cereal has trans fats....
Well.....it's not "listed" on the label.....BUT, skimming through the ingredients below that Nutrition Facts box......yep......Whole Grain Wheat, Sugar, Rice Flour, Canola Oil and/or Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil........... So.....what's a MFP'er......to do.....? I say, we start flagging these in the database......but…
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nutrition value of grapes?
OK.....so I made this discovery.....there seems to be a discrepency somewhere....lol I counted out 15 grapes..... The nutrition value comes up as Calories 24 Sodium 1 mg Total Fat 0 g Potassium 69 mg Saturated 0 g Total Carbs 6 g Polyunsaturated 0 g Dietary Fiber 0 g Monounsaturated 0 g Sugars 6 g Trans 0 g Protein 0 g…
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what nutrition facts to believe?
I got a bag of "Dandy" Celery....... Serving Size 2 medium branches (110 g) Cals 20 Fat 0g Saturated 0g Trans 0g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 100mg Potassium 320mg Total Carbs 5g Dietary Fiber 2g Sugar 0g Protein 1g Vit A 2% Vit C 15% Calcium 4% Iron 2% Then I checked out the Food Database here....and found a non-asterisk (which…
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how low will my calories go?
Lol every week i weigh in...give or take..and every 10 lbs. Dropped mfp asks to recalibrate ny calories and macros...but how far down will it go? Cirrently 5 ft 9 inches...29 years old male...1660 calorie goal as set by mfp...i think im set for 2 lbs ler weight lost...but dont typically hit that...lol.but just kind of…
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what's the deal with potassium?
So I've noticed this a couple times now, I'll scan a UPC with the app, as I most always do (unless it's something I've had already) and check the nutrition facts on the app and the package to make sure they "match" - well, I ran into it tonight again, MFP showed Potassium listed for a food, but the Nutrition panel did…
