User`s guide

MyPersonalDiet User’s Guide 21
meal. You can later select that meal from the meal list and the food items will
automatically be inserted into the list.
You can update the content of a meal with the food items currently listed. Simply choose
the Meal button and select Update. If you want to delete the meal, choosing Delete
instead. Deleting a meal does not remove the food items currently listed. To rename the
meal, choose Edit Name.
Enter Your Own Food Items
You can add your own food items by tapping on bItem and choosing Add from the
popup menu that shows up. This will show the New Food Item window (Figure 17).
Enter the name, choose the food group and either choose the category and type in your
own. Then enter the default serving (e.g. 100 g, 1 cup, etc.), the calories (or kJ) for that
serving, the nutrients and a note if desired.
Choose the Calculator button to calculate the energy based on the nutrients you’ve
entered. The calculation is based on 4 calories per gram of Total Carbs and Protein, and 9
calories per gram of Total Fat.
Figure 17: The New Food Item window allows you to enter you own food items.
You can enter your own category and all the nutrients of the food item.
Enter Additional Servings
When entering a meal (see Figure 11), select the tab Servings
to enter extra
information for the meal:
• Amount of water servings you consumed (one serving is 1 cup or 250 ml), a
quicker alternative to enter water via the Food Browser.
You can choose to enter
the nutrients by weight (g
or mg), or by percent
daily value (%DV)
Nutrients are listed in the
same order than you find
on US food labels.