The display bar gives you the most important information for selected food. Click on a food (single or grouped), multiple food (drag to enclose), a meal (if a Meal-tray is present), or a day (clicking on an empty table space) to display its vital information. When you are in the "Food Searching" or storage screen, right-click on a food to view.
The Display bar is divided into 7 sections (from left to right): 1) Food-name (identification), 2) Quantity or volume unit (cup, teaspoon, etc.), 3) Weight/volume, 4) Selected nutrient value, 5) Percentage of "Daily Value" according to Profile (or Meal-Plan if used), 6) Percentage of calories from Carbohydrate, Protein and Fat, and 7) Percentage of Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated and Saturated Fat.
Food name
In this section, the selected food is identified. Simply left-click a food on the table (or right-click a food in the Search or Storage screen), its name appears in this section. To select multiple food, drag a box to enclose the ones desired, the display shows the number of food selected. If a Meal-tray is present, clicking on the tray shows its current meal name (breakfast, lunch, etc.). To view the total of everything on the table, click on an empty table space, this section displays "Day."
Tip: use the arrows on either side of this section to scroll for
longer names.
Quantity or volume unit
This section tells how a food is measured in popular terms such as "Slice," "Piece," Tablespoon," etc. When anything other than a single food is selected, this section displays an appropriate description for it or is left blank.
Weight/volume
For solid food, the default weight unit is "Gram;" for liquids, the default volume unit is "Milliliter." If you prefer your measuring units to be in "Ounces" or "Fluid ounces," click on the down arrow to select.
Note: if more than one food is selected, this information
probably is not useful.
Selected nutrient value
One nutrient (default is Calorie) is displayed in this area. The value and DV displayed reflects specifically to this particular nutrient (the DV is based on your Personal Profile or a selected Meal-Plan if a selection is from the screen). To pick another nutrient, click on the down arrow to access a complete available list.
Percentage of calories from Carbohydrate Protein and Fat
It is important to know where our daily calorie intake is from. There are only three major sources: Carbohydrate, Protein and Fat. How many calories come from each group is important in determining whether we are eating healthy or not. Theory varies and this program does not attempt to champion one theory over another. However, the more accepted academic formula is 60% form Carbohydrate, 25% from Protein and 15% from Fat, and is the default values used in the program. By looking at this section, you can tell the calorie breakdown for any selected food (or group of food).
Percentage of fat from Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated and saturated Fat
Similar to calorie sources, the type of fat you eat is also important to your health. Ideally, we want to stay away from Saturated fat. From academic and government sources, if your Saturated fat intake is less than 1/3 or 33% of your "Total Fat" consumption, you are doing OK. By looking at this section, you can tell the fat breakdown for any selected food (or group of food).
