Find or create foods

On the Diet page, in 1. Find or create food and add to diet, you can:

  1. Search for a food:
  • Select Search and type a food name to find a food in the MyDietAnalysis database.
  • Select a filter from the Limit search to list to see only foods that match the filter.
  • Select the Info icon to see nutritional details for each food in your search results.
  1. Select one or more foods from the search results to add to your diet.
  2. Select the meal where you want to add them, then Add to diet.

The selected foods appear in the Add days and refine Diet card. After you select a food, you can add it to another day or meal in fewer steps using Quick select.

  1. Select Create food, then Create new food.
  2. Enter the food name, serving unit, weight unit, and as much additional nutrient information as you can. Select Save food. The new food appears in your My foods list.
  1. Select Create recipe, then Create new recipe.
  2. Enter the recipe name and number of servings, then Save recipe.
  3. Search for recipe ingredients by name, brand or description. Select ingredient(s) from the search results.
  4. Select Add to recipe, then Save recipe again. The recipe appears in your My recipes list.
  1. Select a recipe's Info icon to display its ingredients.
  2. Select the Info icon next to each ingredient to see its nutritional information.
  1. Select Create recipe to display My recipes.
  2. Select the recipe that you want to edit, then select Edit at the bottom of the page.

On the same page, in 2. Add days and refine diet, you can:

  1. Select a food you created or found in the database, then select the meal when you plan to consume the food.
  2. Select Add to diet. The food appears under the meal you selected.
  • Select + in the tab bar. Continue selecting + to add up to seven days total. If you want to track additional days, create another profile.
  • Select the edit icon if you want to change the name of a day
  1. Select a food, then Add to days.

The added food appears in Day 1 the first time you do this.

  1. Add food to subsequent days using Add to other days.
  • Select a food, then select a serving size from the menu in the Unit column.

  • If you're not sure of the recommended serving size for a food, use the visual guide.

  1. Select a food. The day(s) where you added the food appear highlighted.
  2. Select Delete.
  • Select any day's edit icon, then type a new name.