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globesetter Posted: Apr 3 2004, 03:22 PM
I keep fairly good track of how much I eat of some main nutrients, like calcium, but I am always wondering if I am accurate enough, etc. I found this nifty calcium calculator - you have to fill out how often you eat the sample foods - takes about 10 minutes, and gives an average daily intake of calcium.
http://www.calciuminfo.com/calculator/f5.htm
I was happy to see my average is 922 mg per day! Even though this is just a ballpark figure, because its an average, and because I eat some foods with calcium that are not on the list, its nice to get confirmation I am close to what I should be getting.
They didn«t have soy milk as an option on the list, so I used the 1% cow milk as a subsititute - my soy milk has the same calcium per cup as cow milk.
Have fun.
webster Posted: Apr 3 2004, 06:11 PM
I would reply, but I am too busy dashing out the door to go buy calcium tablets ...
123 out of 1000. Oh dear. And here I thought I was doing pretty good ...
It was a bit of fun though, and very easy to use.
patunia Posted: Apr 3 2004, 09:56 PM
Yikes! Time to chow down on more broccoli! 166! I think my score is too low, because there's a lot I eat that wasn't on their lists. Plus I was in a bit of a hurry while filling it out.
Guest: marinoa Posted: Apr 3 2004, 11:31 PM
You can always log your food on fitday.com, you can also add any foods that are not in their database by entering values from the your food's nutrition label. I find that I easily meet the calcium requirements. I do get 60% from fortified OJ and fortified soy milk. the remainder I get from regular foods. sometimes tofu.
tricia Posted: Apr 4 2004, 12:42 AM
Wow mine was 1440.. i thought i was gonna be low.. guess not.. now im happy...
sexyjacksparrow Posted: Apr 4 2004, 09:02 AM
I got 720, whic is not perfect but is better than I thought. Most of what I get comes from fortified foods such as soya milk (I drink the chocolate flvoured stuff and have the normal on cereal).
Kerry x
globesetter Posted: Apr 4 2004, 09:29 AM
Marinoa, thanks for fitday.com - that is a GREAT site - I wish I had it when I first went vegan!
all the best,
globesetter
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