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Must_Love_Dogs 06/18/16
Hello, I am looking for an answer to properly inputting caloric/nutritional information. As an example for a recipe I like to use for Avocado Chili (from the Fast Metabolism Diet, which I do not follow) there is no caloric/nutritional information because she does not base the plan on caloric intake.

I want to be able to calculate my calories as accurately as possible but when I entered everything as a custom meal it gave numbers to the entire entree I made (not just a serving such as 1/2 cup or 1 cup.)

Thanks for any tips on properly inputting calories and nutrition accurately.

Dietitian 06/20/16 replied to Must_Love_Dogs
Hi Must_Love_Dogs, I wrote a blog post about how to enter recipes, especially the important of measuring the final yield and entering that in the Servings field. Here's the link: http://www.mynetdiary.com/tips-for-accurate-recipes.html

Read that post (it's short) and let me know if you still have questions.

Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RDN, CDE

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