My fitness pal

[yettiatcpg]

anyone here us it with mixed results?
I have seen some anomalies and wondered if its very accurate?
seems my salt intake is off the charts. even when I keep close tabs on what I eat the salt is always way over. any ideas to what I need to do to raine it in?

[Beerad37]

there is lots of salt in almost anything we buy, unfortunately. That meaning usually it is right with what intake we put in, but if youre drinking enough water it shouldn't matter all that much and help balance it out along with the fiber intake

[magician27]

eat potassium rich food and drink tons of water(at least 1 gallon for your bodyweight) to save your kidneys

[AFC96]

anyone here us it with mixed results?
I have seen some anomalies and wondered if its very accurate?
seems my salt intake is off the charts. even when I keep close tabs on what I eat the salt is always way over. any ideas to what I need to do to raine it in?

MFP is just an estimate. it does not matter if ur sodium is off. just drink more water and eat potassium. its not that important. unless u have some kind of illness.

[gbullock32]

Many things on MFP are put in by users, so inaccuracies happen pretty often.

[AFC96]

Many things on MFP are put in by users, so inaccuracies happen pretty often.

yeah this is true.

Im not sure they have it on the mobile app, but on the computer when you check for you food nutrition they tell you how many user has confirmed the nutrition facts. So, try picking the one with the highest confirmation.

[turtuv]

i use fat secret, at the moment it seems trusted about macros and calories of food.

[ScottAllan77]

I've used MFP for nearly 600 days and had a lot of success with it. If you're concerned about the accuracy, just double check against the packaging, or Google the food to fine nutrient value.

Is there a specific health concern you have with sodium intake?

If you've never tracked calories and nutrients before, it can be an eye-opener when you see how much sodium is in foods we typically eat.

[yettiatcpg]

Thanks guys. its the first time in history I tried to track for more then a couple days. its scary. I hit 9500mg of salt last week in a days eating. funny part is I stayed in on sugar and carbs.. go figure?

[Jasonk282]

I use it all the time. Just scan the bar code with the bar code scanner and you'll have no issues with putting in your food.

[AFC96]

I use it all the time. Just scan the bar code with the bar code scanner and you'll have no issues with putting in your food.

Lol.. sometimes i use the scanner.. for some reason i get the wrong product.. or if i get the right product, the label from the cardboard and MFP is different.

[VenomAcid]

i'm still waiting for the update to change my macros precisely instead of my calories.