Watching your weight? Watching your blood sugar levels? Trying to calculate if you’re getting good nutrition? Well the nutrition calculator software industry has got you covered. Go online and check out what’s available in this line…but beware! All is not what it seems.
Who Are These Guys?
Clicking through the available calculators I discovered there are calculators for finding how many calories there are in the food you’re eating, where you can find your favorite foods and how much you can eat, and even calculators that tell you how far you’ll have to jog after you’ve eaten those foods to keep from gaining weight. The term nutrition calculator can be applied to everything from milk to pizza. I was quite surprised to find that the site I thought would give me the litmus test for alkalinity had nothing to do with PH levels. PH is the acronym for Pizza Hut.
Is it Kosher?
The database has pages and pages of nutrition calculators to peruse. There are calculators for service providers, such as day cares and rehabilitation centers, to manage their menus. You can find calculators to tell you what the cholesterol level of your food is. However, I feel a lot of caution is recommended because the majority of these calculators are provided by big name corporations. This always makes me think of the fox guarding the hen house analogy. Can we really trust KFC to give us an honest calculation of fat content in their baked beans? The Arby’s calculator has so many columns for added sauces etc. that you might spend a long day trying to figure out how many calories you’re really getting.
Lead On McD
So McDonalds is now promoting itself as a company that has good nutrition as its business strategy. Never mind the movie “Super Size Me” and the hue and cry from the health industry…they only have your best interests at heart. The nutrition calculator FastFoodNutrition.org shows you what they think you consumed as far as calories and good nutrition go. Their calculations look a little different than the corporation’s, but then I’m no chemist. However, this site also states that you should check with your health provider before making any rash decisions or storming down to Micky D’s to protest.
Have Fun but Double Check
After checking what’s available in nutrition calculators I’m amazed that there are so many. Again, you could spend a long day just calculating how much that pickle you ate at lunch is going to impact you diet and whether slurping down that Baskin Robbins shake is an example of good nutrition or pure indulgence. For an accurate calculation you should check out nutrition software providers that are not owned by fast food companies, measure your portions, and use how you feel as the final nutrition calculator for you.
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