Does Such A Computer Program Exist?

[mikeleblanc413]

I am a huge fan of a TV program, "Recipe Rehab" and I am searching for a computer program which will enable me to enter recipe ingredients and have a calculation of total proteins, carbs, fat, salt, etc. Doesn't have to be a free program. Thanks!

[fchammer1]

One pound of body fat equals 3500 calories. To lose one pound per week, you need to eat 500 calories less EACH DAY than are required to maintain your current weight! In five weeks, you will weigh five pounds less than you do now.

When I weighed in at 305 lbs. last Christmas, I knew I had to get serious. Two days ago, I weighed in at 236 lbs.
MyFitnessPal is a free program and if you follow their guidelines, you can safely lose one pound a week or a bit more.

Sure, I hit a plateau and stayed the same weight sometimes for weeks at a time. I thought I would never break through the 240 lb. barrier, but eventually you do adjust to smaller portions.

And, instead of one cup of ice cream (320 calories) each night, I eat one cup of Yonana (strawberry, peach, Dole mixed fruit, etc.) for about 82 calories. For chocoholics, try Hershey's dark chocolate kisses (20 calories each). Limit yourself to three per night. Yes, you can.

The good news is that for most of last spring and summer, I did most of the weight loss with no or little exercise due to several health issues. Now I ride my bike an hour every day. I can eat more and still keep losing.

[xzyHollyxyz]

I think this might be exactly what you're looking for. I'm on my iPad so, I can't put in a link...

Google search SparkPeople recipe calculator. I use it a LOT for homemade recipes.

And after what I thought was an exhaustive search several years ago, it's the only one I found that did just what this one does.

[mikeleblanc413]

THANK YOU so much for the replies! Some VERY GOOD information here! Have a GREAT day!

[Flapper]

Do a Google search for "Nutritional Calculators". There are lots. For decades I was the administrator for one of the big names in the commercial field, CBORD's "Food Management System" - uses the USDA's database, along with many others, to do what you are asking ( and a lot more things needed for managing commercial food operations).
For private, one off use, I'm currently using "MyFitnessPal" (google it). It does pretty much the same thing, focused on managing weight loss. But it gives me good info on sodium, vitamins, and all the rest, too. Not very good if you want to get into menu planning, but for creating single recipes, it's pretty easy to use. You can even scan package bar codes using your smartphone to have it call up all of the label information automatically, right into the recipe.
If you really want one for meal/menu planning, call your nearest University Food Science/Nutrition school and ask for their recommendations. Then you will get one that you know will be using the best data possible.

[wbwood]

magnusfide wrote:
Weight Watchers online program has a personal recipe mode that provides what you ask for. Enter your own recipe and the amounts and it pulls up the amount of protein, etc from their huge database.

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[coolbreeze01]

Diet affects so many diseases. Hard to eat right.

[nineoaks2004]

I have used this one for years, it started as a DOS program and then windows,
Cook book wizard

http://www.mealmaster.com/index.htm

[magnusfide]

Weight Watchers online program has a personal recipe mode that provides what you ask for. Enter your own recipe and the amounts and it pulls up the amount of protein, etc from their huge database.

[mikeleblanc413]

Thanks Little Kopit! You're making my point. I want a program in which I can plug in the can of tomatoes, beans, etc. that I use. Then as I'm making the recipe, click on that item that I have store and get a total calculation of nutritional value in the meal. Salt is an numerical item that I can pull from the container I am using. All input appreciated.

[Little_Kopit]

Quantity of salt will NOT be something that program could do.

Even for so called fresh foods in a grocery store.


& really, I doubt that a 2 litres of milk in 2% fat in all brands in Canada and the US would remotely be the same in grams of salt.

Canada's government is said to be trying to get process food producers to have a lot less salt and other chemicals in their foods. & those food producers are resisting like crazy.

One brand of canned one litre of stewed tomatoes may have 10 g. of salt, another 400 g of salt. I kid you not. Though I only know of 1 brand with just the 10 g.

I have been known to have high blood pressure. Heavy quantities of salt are also bad for those with heart and kidney problems.

:C
But try government departments of health or US Dept. of Agriculture. There's a book called Putting, Food By by Herzberg, Green, et al that's supposed have USDA input.