what changes if the quantity of calories in a product is based on a 2.000 calories diet? How does it work?
2006-10-03 08:18:30 · 4 answers · asked by Fabulous, young and broke! 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
It's rather simple, really.
3000 / 2000 = 1.5 OR 2000 / 3000 = 2 / 3 = 0.666.
Say a food that's PDV (Percent Daily Value) was something like 10 grams of fat, 300 mg of sodium (salt) and 30g of carbs. You times 10 by 1.5 and get 15 grams. You times 300mg by 1.5 and get 450 and last you times the 30g of carbs by 1.5 again and get 45g.
You use this process for all foods you need to convert to the new caloric intake which includes all nutrition information given to you on the panel.
2006-10-03 08:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by I want my *old* MTV 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well the total calories in the food would still be the same...lol...what would change is the percentage of your daily calories it counts towards. If the listing is for 2000 calories and you're eating 3000 a day, you'd just subtract a third from the % daily value.
2006-10-03 08:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
that will tell you what portions you need for a healthy balanced diet.. as far as label reading, i don't know enough about it to make anything more than an educated guess.
2006-10-03 08:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 08:20:07 · answer #4 · answered by Radiosonde 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋