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What should I put in the nutrition data counts to show the amount of vitamin A in recipes?
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Judy on June 30, 2020, 3:50 pm
I'm writing recipes for a new book and want to include the relevant info about vitamin A in the nutrition data. My Data Base calculator gives the counts for vitamin A, but also for all the different forms, such as carotenoids, retinol, and the RAE (retinol activity equivalent). They don't seem to add up the total amount of vitamin A. Which numbers do I need to include in the nutrition data?
I'm writing recipes for a new book and want to include the relevant info about vitamin A in the nutrition data. My Data Base calculator gives the counts for vitamin A, but also for all the different forms, such as carotenoids, retinol, and the RAE (retinol activity equivalent). They don't seem to add up the total amount of vitamin A. Which numbers do I need to include in the nutrition data?
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tim on June 30, 2020, 5:54 pm
RAE is the best unit to use. It is an aggregate of how much vA a food contains by measuring the retinol and provitamin A carotenoid levels and using the most up to date science on average provitamin A conversion rates to calculate that.
RAE is the best unit to use. It is an aggregate of how much vA a food contains by measuring the retinol and provitamin A carotenoid levels and using the most up to date science on average provitamin A conversion rates to calculate that.
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Judy on June 30, 2020, 6:37 pm
Thanks, Tim! That is probably the easiest solution.
Thanks, Tim! That is probably the easiest solution.
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r on July 1, 2020, 10:16 pm
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Judy on July 2, 2020, 7:52 am
Thank you r!
Thank you r!
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lil chick on July 2, 2020, 8:02 am
Sometimes I think about the data that is out there on VA, and wonder how "right" the tables are and I wonder if they will change over time. I wonder if you might want to keep people up to date with newest info via your blog. It might be kind of annoying for data to change a lot after your book is done.
So my suggestion is, I suppose, it might make sense not to go into great detail, but to keep the data simple in the book itself.
For instance, I bet there is GREAT variability on the amount of VA in eggs based on their diet. I've seen my chicken eggs go from orange yolk to yellow with the diet changes I have instituted.
Sometimes I think about the data that is out there on VA, and wonder how "right" the tables are and I wonder if they will change over time. I wonder if you might want to keep people up to date with newest info via your blog. It might be kind of annoying for data to change a lot after your book is done.
So my suggestion is, I suppose, it might make sense not to go into great detail, but to keep the data simple in the book itself.
For instance, I bet there is GREAT variability on the amount of VA in eggs based on their diet. I've seen my chicken eggs go from orange yolk to yellow with the diet changes I have instituted.
