Diet tracking tools often include data about the vitamins and minerals you are (or aren’t) getting. While it’s fine to use that as motivation to eat a few extra veggies, you shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that you have a vitamin deficiency or need megadose supplements. Here’s why.
Why Diet Trackers Are Flawed
You’ve probably noticed that we don’t always remember things perfectly when we track. (It’s not just you; a lot of scientific research is coming under fire because it’s based on asking people what they’ve eaten, and people are often wrong.) Entering foods frequently, measuring exact amounts, and improving your estimation skills can help, but the numbers in your diet tracking program are never going to be absolute truth.
You don’t have full control over the information, either. A lot of foods don’t have their full vitamin and mineral information in databases, and food labels are only required to report a handful of micronutrients: Vitamins A and C, and the minerals sodium, iron, and calcium. So even if you’re entering data directly from labels, you may be missing important components. This means that your daily intake of a vitamin—especially if it’s not one of the commonly listed ones—may appear lower than it really is, just because some of the data is missing.
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