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Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by ctdonath »

Hard (both in difficulty and must-have) requirement: ability to exclude foods high in Vitamin K.

A lot of us are on blood thinners (anti-coagulants, anti-clotting, Coumadin/warfarin). Vitamin K is the essence of blood clotting (coagulant, thickener); high quantity or wide variation can be dangerous (first symptom: stroke). Creating an interesting diet consistently very low in Vitamin K is important. Ability to specify "Vitamin K between X and Y micrograms/day" would be very helpful.

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by theycallmemorty »

Swizec wrote: post #70

I need a way to tell it that I want my calories to come from 60% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat. I also want it to include protein in every meal. And as few simple carbs as possible. Fruit is fine-ish, but no processed sugar. Bread-like things should be limited to whole grain if at all possible. How do I do that?

1. Click on Meal Options

2. Scroll down to Nutrition options

3. Change 'Target macronutrients...' to 'As a percent of calories'

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by monatron »

Great idea. I built something similar to this for myself. My company has a full cafeteria and Aramark (the co that runs our kitchen) posts the nutritional info on the web. Quick tool to scrape the nutritional information into a DB and it kicks me out a solid meal for the day everyday. I'm trying to incorporate a little logic so that it learns what my favorites are and adjusts its recommendations accordingly.

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by mark_l_watson »

cperciva wrote: post #5

It told me I should eat a minimum of 118.99999999999999 grams of protein. I may bill my customers in picodollars, but I don't eat food in femtograms...

I have a nutrition site I wrote for my own use (http://cookingspace.com/) that rounds amounts in a human-friendly way. Try changing the number of servings to see the effect.

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by mark_l_watson »

ctdonath wrote: post #71

Hard (both in difficulty and must-have) requirement: ability to exclude foods high in Vitamin K. A lot of us are on blood thinners (anti-coagulants, anti-clotting, Coumadin/warfarin). Vitamin K is the essence of blood clotting (coagulant, thickener); high quantity or wide variation can be dangerous (first symptom: stroke). Creating an interesting diet consistently very low in Vitamin K is important. Ability to specif…

I also need to monitor my vitamin K because of blood thinner. As I mentioned in another thread, I wrote cookingspace.com for my own use just to learn how to estimate vitamine K in my diet.

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by lessnonymous »

Pfhreak wrote: post #31

If this could build a week at a time I would never stop using it.

Absolutely agree, but with one high-value request: If Monday needs half a lettuce, Tuesday needs to use the other half. By the end of the week I don't want a fridge full of leftovers.

Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints

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Post by lrs »

Swizec wrote: post #70

I need a way to tell it that I want my calories to come from 60% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat. I also want it to include protein in every meal. And as few simple carbs as possible. Fruit is fine-ish, but no processed sugar. Bread-like things should be limited to whole grain if at all possible. How do I do that?

Kind of a derail, but would you care to share the rationale behind the 60/20/20 macro ratio?
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