ST Alpha - "I feel like a dork. I didn't realize the % on the nutritional labels were for a 2,000 calorie diet. So if I'm on a 1,500 - 1,875 one that matters. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 156

I feel like a dork. I didn't realize the % on the nutritional labels were for a 2,000 calorie diet. So if I'm on a 1,500 - 1,875 one that matters. -- nm

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Mar 9 '11, 14:39

(No message)

Responses:

I ignore the percentages and read the amounts instead. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:45 2
- Yes. I should be doing this with fat. Rather than look at % look at grams. 39-68 for me. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 14:47 1
  - yeah, the percent is based on a lot of assumptions. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:47
At the risk of sounding like an even bigger dork, wouldn't the percentages remain the same? *confused* -- nm - mara Mar 9, 14:42 12
- I dunno. Math is hard. - Qale Mar 9, 14:49 2
  - it sounds like the declarations are made to confuse more than to help -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 14:51
  - counting the grams really is easier. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:50
- it depends on what nutrient we're talking about. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:45 7
  - if the nutrient has zero calloris nomatter the amout then thats true - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 14:47 6
    - We have sneaky water over here Dane. They put stuff in it. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 14:47 2
      - same here in some cases - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 14:49 1
        
        Nice. -- nm - Qale Mar 9, 14:51
    - Let's say Vitamin D. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:47 2
      - actually i have no idear if Vitamins have calories or not -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 14:48 1
        
        they don't. And the recommended daily amount is not based on your caloric intake. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 14:49
- not if they are calculated based on someone eating 2,000 calories a day. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 14:45
Then you probably also didn't realize that if there are 5 or less calories per serving they can legally claim it has 0 calories -- nm - stewie Mar 9, 14:41 1
- No, I didn't, but I don't think that's necessarily my problem. It was more wondering why the bigger items weren't adding up. I give some things passes - Qale Mar 9, 14:44

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.