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Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

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post #38

Ok, I wasn't sure if it should say calories or kilocalories so I tried to look up which is the right one. Then for my surprise this is widely misused and now it's generally accepted to use Calories (with capital C) when you actually mean kilocalories. In Hungary every nutrition listing is in "kcal" (AFAIK) so this is the first time I encountered with this.

But... The correct one IS kcal. Or kilojoule, if you want to be even more universal.

Yeah, that's my point.

Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

#42
Frustrating. I didn't even find a way to enter "1 pizza" (or "1 whole pizza" or "1 entire pizza" or "1 pizza pie", it keeps coming up with "1 serving of pizza" or "1 slice of pizza" - either of which are completely fluffy measurements that could mean anything from 1/12 to a whole pizza.

Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

#44

Frustrating. I didn't even find a way to enter "1 pizza" (or "1 whole pizza" or "1 entire pizza" or "1 pizza pie", it keeps coming up with "1 serving of pizza" or "1 slice of pizza" - either of which are completely fluffy measurements that could mean anything from 1/12 to a whole pizza.

12 slices pizza:

1649 Calories

64% carbs22% fat14% (58 g) protein

12 slices Pizzax

Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

#45

This is very cool. I spend way too much time consulting nutrition tables to plan my meals - I would use this all the time. Great UI too. I see you have grams for protein but not the other two macros. Could you add them?

Not that it matters if it is added, I can see the rationale behind this. Generally when people are following a program, depending on the program and the cycle (bulking or cutting), there is a set amount of proteins one should consume (1.5g/lb of body weight, 1g/lb of body weight etc.) and the remaining calories are to be attained from carbs/fats in some ratio (which in some cases might not even be defined, but left t…

True.

But often I'm concerned with a specific macro, as in, "hey I need 20g more carbs today."

The macro ratios of individual food items doesn't really help when calculating the total day ratios.

Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

#47

Wow--I really clicked with this immediately--super intuitive. Also, holy crap is it fast--instant results. Some initial reactions/suggestions: - I want to be able to edit entries in a list in-line. When I looked at it on my Android phone, each word's link was separated which made me think I could click each element individually to change it in place vs. having to re-enter it on the right panel. Think of it like Googl…

For how fast this is: Websockets! I was playing around with it, watching the network traffic. You'll see you get 101'd (Switching Protocols) to spe.lt:8080. If you hit that URL, you'll get a default page that says:

  AutobahnPython 0.10.4
  I am not Web server, but a WebSocket Endpoint. 
  You can talk to me using the WebSocket protocol. 
You can see a little bit more in main.js as well. As for the backend, it's looking like Python, considering the WS page. I am curious about 3 and 4 as well, and as the actual frameworks used for 1.

Very nice work to the person who made this.

Edit: I'd also love to know if this ever is open sourced. Understandable if not. Very cool tool.

Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

#48

Wow--I really clicked with this immediately--super intuitive. Also, holy crap is it fast--instant results. Some initial reactions/suggestions: - I want to be able to edit entries in a list in-line. When I looked at it on my Android phone, each word's link was separated which made me think I could click each element individually to change it in place vs. having to re-enter it on the right panel. Think of it like Googl…

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Re: Show HN: Intuitive nutrition information

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post #27

Does this use the USDA Nutrition Database? It is a useful source of nutrient data that I have used for many years on my http://cookingspace.com site (parden the plug). I really like the user interface on spe.lt - nicely done!

> my http://cookingspace.com site Bug report: When I click on the "Tips" link in the header, the link just disappears.

Thanks for that!
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