Sparkpeople VS NutritionData.com

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• what are you doing to save money on food?

  2) Some foods fill you up more than others, even if you eat the same quantity. This is the food’s satiety. There are websites that can give you the satiety index for lots of different foods. For example, the nutrition data website allows you to search for particular foods, and it tells you every nutrient found in it, along with its satiety index. Excellent for nerding out. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is there any official charts or statistics about amount of fructose in fruits and berries?

  Was it this? https://nutritiondata.self.com It lists fructose if you click on “more details” below the carbohydrates. Source: about 1 year ago

• ... Am I just missing something and have been entering calories wrong this whole time or are Josh's calculations just off? Lol

  This link has a lot of good info. Hope it helps! Source: about 1 year ago

• How can one be sure to eat all relevant nutrients?

  In practice, once you've settled on some dietary routine, one can just do a 'spot check' on a typical daily diet, just to see if there may be some nutrient that is of particular concern. For me, its typically magnesium or zinc. If you want to increase intake of some particular nutrient, you can use the Nutrient Search Tool on https://nutritiondata.self.com/ to search through the USDA nutrition databases by amounts... Source: over 1 year ago

• Is it necessary to eat a variety of fruits, or can I eat the same fruit every day and have my fruit needs met?

  You could look up the nutrients in it. I used to use nutritiondata.self.com, but they still haven't updated their system to show amino acids after Flash stopped being supported. And the main reason I liked them in particular is that most nutrition labels don't include essential amino acids. Source: over 1 year ago