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Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

#2
zomg this is awesome! :D

I was actually about to start building something really similar to this. basically the recipe part your blog mentions- you'd throw in everything you have in your kitchen and it'd spit out stuff you can make with it.

but yeah I've been in the eating healthier / start cooking more mood recently, but also starting to be more active, so I wanted to make sure I was getting everything I needed. Calculating all of the nutrients/vitamins/minerals by hand sucks!

tldr- this app is awesome. good luck with it :)

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

#4

zomg this is awesome! :D I was actually about to start building something really similar to this. basically the recipe part your blog mentions- you'd throw in everything you have in your kitchen and it'd spit out stuff you can make with it. but yeah I've been in the eating healthier / start cooking more mood recently, but also starting to be more active, so I wanted to make sure I was getting everything I needed. Cal…

To be clear, I didn't make it – just found it!

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

#7
It told me I should eat a cup of avocado and 2 cups of skim milk for dinner. I'm confused and rather appalled by the thought of having that for any meal.

Additionally, I've heard stories of it telling people to eat 8 eggs for breakfast, so I'm a bit wary.

(No, the 8 eggs for breakfast was not a diet for Gaston, either)

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

#10

Needs a little refinement. It's suggesting I eat 6 eggs a day and while I am no expert, that sounds excessive.

The whole cholesterol in eggs thing is actually not really that big a deal: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776466 (basically says that dietary cholesterol intake levels are unlinked from blood cholesterol in 75% of the population, and that it has been shown to inhibit atherogenesis/artery plaque formation)

Besides that, since they're made to carry something from a bundle of cells to full organism, they're chock full of a full set of micro and macronutrients.

This started as a site for body builders, though, and it's only now broadening to normal foods.

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