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Permalink Reply by goldensun on February 9, 2011 at 5:38pm

I haven't tried Kalorie King, but I agree with you about Calorie Count. It can be maddening. I've used Livestrong.com's My Daily Plate and SparkPeople. They both work well. Livestrong has a large food data base. My new computer won't let me log in to Livestrong. I started using SparkPeople. The fitness program is a little maddening, but the food part works well. I hope this was helpful.

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Permalink Reply by LaGuitariste on February 9, 2011 at 5:45pm

I can't stand any of the commercial nutrition databases because they force me to wade through lists of commercial foods and advertising.

I almost always eat "real" food at home, e.g. my current meal of broccoli, chicken, mushrooms and onions.

I don't want to have to wade through a thousand kinds of prepared, creepy chicken nuggets, chicken pot pies and fried chicken parts to get to CHICKEN. Sheesh.

If someone would come up with a "real food only" database I'd be much obliged.

That said, I do look things up from time to time on CalorieKing because they are obnoxious, but less obnoxious than the other sites I have tried.

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Permalink Reply by Knorris on February 9, 2011 at 6:12pm

Fatsecret or fit day are good. I think fit day let's you do a receipe but I know fat secrete doesnt

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Permalink Reply by Lulu Moe on February 17, 2011 at 5:22pm

I've also been looking at this, I am trying to find a carb counting software that I can use as a reference, websites, and software for my blackberry...Heard about Karb King but that's all i know. What other sites/programs or even books do you recommend?

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Permalink Reply by DWizard on February 18, 2011 at 8:58am

I like MyFitnessPal.com
They have a nice food database that covers everything, calories, carbs, fats and protein. You can create your own food diary and also calculate carbs, fats proteins for homemade dishes

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Permalink Reply by Marianne on June 30, 2011 at 6:11am

I've been using Calorie King for a while now and I love it. It did take me a while to customise it for the meals I cook at home but it's a breeze now. I do just about everything from my customised, saved meals so it's really easy to add my meals to my daily food diary.

And I love their responsiveness ... foods I've looked for are often added within a couple of weeks of my first search for that particular product. Also, I've had a couple of questions and my email has produced a response within 24 hours.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on June 30, 2011 at 6:20am

I hardly ever use the computer. I use the seat of my pants and check Calorie King. If I am curious about vitamins I haul out "The Joy Of Cooking".

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