Our food diary is more than just a food log. It is a planning tool for future meals and a monitoring tool for real-time nutritional intakes. From the food diary screen, you select the food items, recipes, meal plans and menu plans that reflect your food consumption for the day. Nutritional values are calculated, as data is entered. You can easily see how an extra scoop of ice cream will affect the bottom line.

The food diary composition panel below shows the menu selections for Jane Doe on 7/24/2004.

The food diary nutritional totals are compared to the personal profile target values. The deficiencies and excesses are reflected in the Over/Under values shown in the food diary nutrition panel below.

The food diary is effective primarily because it allows you to develop an individualized eating programs based on your personal preferences, not a predefined diet plan.

Mealformation is a menu management tool that promotes conscious food choices every day.