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On the Android app, it does, at least in some cases. From what I gather Cronometer reviews user submitted food items and has been around long enough to likely not disappear soon - maybe worth testing out, (If there is a subset of items from good sources reliably certified by MFP's own staff don't know why it doesn't flag and prioritize them on the search list.) I wouldn't be averse to changing horses probably at the New Year. Not being very heavily invested but arrived at basic comfort with MFP's diary, the biggest spend (waste) of time with it is sorting new entries through the mess of badly or incompletely entered or illogically alphabetized entries - much of what was listed in first weeks of use had to be deleted and replaced. If the macros are way off, either one of the entries is wrong or one includes added fat, most likely. Like Ann said, choose the regular egg entry, include size (if standardized large or extra large or medium works fine), and add separately whatever fat you add, if any, when cooking. You do need to learn to check MFP's database to identify the likely correct entries (the ones MFP added from the USDA), compare any packaged stuff with your package, and so on, but choosing an entry like 'fried eggs' is just not going to work to start with.

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I think an adolescent could write the code to drop the bottom least used 10% of entries off the list every month and add the most used entries.

But, the database is so bad and the fix so simple that I'd have to take the chance. Well, I have to agree that expecting stupid people who have in the past made a fundamental mistake, to correct it without a glitch is wishful thinking. So they're not being 'used' so far as database metrics would go, and I have no trust that they would write the code for 'fixing' this to not sweep in foods from 'frequent' lists. They disappeared in a database 'improvement' effort several years back. I can only continue to use the entries that I've used for years for things like coffee and eggs because I've previously logged them. For example, I'm willing to bet that your wish to delete unused database entries would eliminate from my 'frequent' list many carefully checked entries originally entered by MFP staff and derived from the USDA database, but which no longer exist in the main database. So a new user can go on and see a cup of milk as 1 calorie or whatnot and get confused.ĭon't wish for changes in the database, because I guarantee you are underestimating the ways in which newly created errors will outweigh any benefits. The most obvious stupid things people have posted are rarely used and they would be gone. All they would need to do is drop off the unused database entries and let nature take its course. Downside: Lots of erroneous entries, or from another country with different sizing standards or product formulations (even for same-name products).ĭatabases in more tightly-controlled apps are usually not as comprehensive, or quickly updated with new food products.

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Plus of crowd sourced database: Lots of entries, usually there's an accurate entry there for even pretty new commercial products, all the basic foods. after checking the entries you use, for accuracy (after that, they're in your frequent list, come up first when searching). Better: Log something like '3 eggs, large', '10 grams butter'. )? How much fat/oil used to fry them? If you use an entry like that, that someone else created, you're buying into their assumptions about questions like that. anything with 'USDA' in the name is *not* one of them.)įor something like 'fried eggs' specifically: What size eggs? Heck, what type of eggs: Chicken, for sure, or not (could be duck, goose, quail. (There are some rules of thumb for finding/identifying them. There are some entries that were loaded by the MFP staff from USDA when the app first started, but those aren't marked in obvious ways. Some people research carefully, others wing it (perhaps with major wishful thinking).

MFP's food database is crowd-sourced: Any user can enter a food, 'publish' it for others to use.

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