A stupid question but I need help?!
Question: Okay, on everything you eats it says it's based on a 2000cal diet. Does the % go up if you eat MORE then 2000cals? This might be a stupid question but it's been bugging me for a few days.
Answers: Okay, on everything you eats it says it's based on a 2000cal diet. Does the % go up if you eat MORE then 2000cals? This might be a stupid question but it's been bugging me for a few days.
Labels are confusing.
What the means is they have created an average diet containing 2000 calories. Somewhere on the label it *should* say what the portion size is. So this requires you to do some math.
If a product serving is 8 oz which is 300 calories that would be 15% of your daily intake. The key is to note what a portion is because sometimes reality doesn't equal what would seem to be common sense. For example a 20oz bottle of soda may have 2-3 servings. Or chicken is X based on serving weight. It is important in healthy eating to know what you need in protein, carbs and fat.
So when they figure the % of calories based on a 2000 calorie diet they take the stated number of calories on a portion size and divide that value by 2000 calories.
"A healthy diet should consist of:
* 45% to 65% carbohydrates.
* 10% to 35% protein.
* 20% to 35% fat, with no more than 10% saturated fat and very little (or no) trans fat.
The Food Pyramid published by the USDA makes it easy to envision just how much of each food type you should eat."
yah the percent does go up. think of it as a ratio thingy. if you eat lets say 1000 calories a day, it would be half the percent of what it says. if you are eating 4000 calories a day, you would just double the percentage of whatever it is you are eating/looking at.
yeah it does
Well ............ if it says 1 serving provides 25% of Vitamin C based on a 2000 calories diet, and you actually need 2500 calories ... then it would provide the same amount of vitamin c.............................. You just need more calories.
No, it goes down if you eat more calories.. that's just based on what % of your diet is from what and the more you eat the lower % that item will be of the total.