Plant based diet

Erika25 · April 2019

Hi my name is Erika I'm new to this app I am on my fitness pal but I really need to find an app that works with a plant based diet so that way the calories track plant based protein. My question is can this app do that? Would I need to set the app up to specifically for plant base?

saoi_marbh · April 2019

No. Both will track plant protein. The protein content on the label does not say where it comes from.

Hilary · April 2019

@Erika25 Cronometer is to be seen as a tool to track consumption and all targets we have set by default are not for everyone. If you have different needs you are welcome to make the changes based on your healthcare professional's recommendation or personal preference.
If you are closely keeping an eye on protein consumption, you may be interested in tracking amino acids. If this is the case, try to use nutrition data sourced from NCCDB to get the most information you can. Check out this blog post to learn more: https://cronometer.com/blog/6-tips-getting-nutrition-data/

LisaS · April 2019

Do you mean something that accounts for the reduced bioavailability of different plant proteins? As an example of what I mean, if you want to realize 20g of protein, you could have 20 g of a 100% available animal products but you might need 40g of a plant protein if it was only 50% bioavailable.

Hilary · April 2019

In general, the nutrient values in foods do not take into account absorption rates. This would depend not only on the food itself, but other foods you are eating with it. Instead, the absorption of nutrients in taken into account when setting the nutrient targets, to make sure that we get enough in a mixed diet, even though absorption is not 100% of intake.