BDA320.ZIP 264376 04-22-94 Better Diet Analyzer 3.2 lets you analyze and | monitor your diet. It includes information on | more than 1400 foods, including fast-food | restaurants and brand-name products, drawn | from data provided by the U.S. Department of | Agriculture. You can add nutritional | information to the database for any other | foods. It can track carbohydrate and protein | content, and hold up to 180 days of diary | data. Context sensitive help is also | included, and a hard drive is recommended. | (John H. Byrd) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $34) BITE.ZIP 46284 09-19-89 Bite by Byte 1.0 is the computer | implementation of a diet system, the | "Structured Eating System." Its goal is to | let you eat what you want, but in moderation, | with the aim of taking off one pound a week. | The program first calculates your ideal | weight and then tells you how many calories | you are allowed. You may then choose your | menu for the day from a long list of foods. | (If your food is not on the list, you select | an equivalent.) The program seems to have | some quirks. For example, after we selected | one ounce of candy and then tried to select a | drink, it told us we had reached our limit of | bread for the day. This may be some type of | equivalency calculation, but it was not | explained in the docs. (Jonathan S. Mark) | (Reg.Fee: $15) CAFFAQ12.ZIP 13008 09-19-94 FAQs about Caffeine 1.2 is a set of | frequently asked questions about caffeine, | including the amount of caffeine in various | name brand products, preparing caffeine | drinks, the effects of overdosing on | caffeine, variations of the drug, and | more.and more. (A. Lopez-Ortiz) (Reg.Fee: $0) CALTRAK.ZIP 29289 05-29-89 Cal-Trak is a calculator that will allow you | to figure out how many calories you can or | will burn up with certain activities. The | calculator is based on the calorie burn rate | of an average 150 pound person with a pound | lost for each 3,500 calories burned, which | the author says should be close enough to | give you a ball-park figure. (Austin Briggs) | (Reg.Fee: $5-$15) DEALMEAL.ZIP 60199 05-29-89 DealMeal works with the Deal A Meal dieting | program advertised by Richard Simmons. You | should already have the diet program and be | familiar with how to use it as this program | will allow you to computerize your diet | plans. (Michael P. M.D. Weinstein) (Reg.Fee: | $0) DGFA1995.ZIP 20636 01-24-96 Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines | for Americans 4th Ed. is the fourth edition | of the national dietary guidelines produced | by the U.S. Department of Health and Human | Services. The guide provides advice for | Americans ages two years and over about food | choices that promote health and prevent | disease. It also addresses other health | issues, such as exercise, weight and age, | proper calorie intake, and resources for | additional information. (Secretary of | Agriculture) (Reg.Fee: $0) DIETDEAL.ZIP 63025 03-30-94 Diet-Deal 1.0 is a diet guide, similar the | the Deal-A-Meal system. It teaches you how to | lose weight by allowing you a number of cards | for each food group. As you eat, you | eliminate cards. When all of your cards are | used up, you're through eating for the day. | (James T. Crockett) (Reg.Fee: $10) DIETDISK.ZIP 215124 04-30-93 Diet 9.305 contains various programs for | those individuals who are dieting or just | counting calories for other reasons. There is | a calorie calculator, learn caloric effects | and totals against pound lost, how to shop | for diet foods and their caloric value, | weekly weight loss file that prints out, | calculate and print weight loss goals and | lots of good and informative tips on how to | stick with a diet and what to look out for so | you don't fail. (M. D. Smith) (Reg.Fee: $20) FASTFOOD.ZIP 173695 05-25-93 FastFood is a dietary analysis program. It | presents a list of 15 national fast food | chains, such as McDonald's. Then you are | shown the entire menu of the chosen | establishment. You can either select a single | menu item or page through all the items on | the menu and the program shows the complete | nutritional (to use the word loosely) | breakdown for each item. The program has been | endorsed by the Center for Science in the | Public Interest. (Reg.Fee: $?) FOODSM.ZIP 218269 06-13-94 Food Program For A Small Planet 6.0 finds | healthy, complementary foods and calculates | usable protein amounts. (Chester C. Ceille) | (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $26) FOODSM60.ZIP 205670 12-31-93 Program For A Small Planet 6.0 finds healthy, | complementary foods and calculates usable | protein amounts. The program also calculates | total calories, sodium, cholesterol, dietary | fiber, and polyunsaturated/saturated fat. It | also displays food group information and | graphs of foods you select and daily | requirements. (Chester C. Ceille) (ASP) | (Reg.Fee: $26) GENIEJD.ZIP 23802 05-29-89 Genie purports to be more accurate than the | old height, age and weight charts. It has you | measure various parts of your body. Oddly | enough, it doesn't care how tall you are, so | a short person whose forearm size, etc, is | the same as someone who is very tall, is | expected to weigh the same as the tall | person. (Jim Davis) (Reg.Fee: $?) GETFIT12.ZIP 238477 10-04-94 GetFit 1.2 is a diet and exercise monitor. It | finds your ideal weight based on sex and | height, then makes exercise and diet | recommendations and helps you track them | daily to reach your chosen goal. It contains | data on fat/calorie content of over 300 foods | and calorie burn rate of about 100 | activities. Requires 640K and a color | monitor. NEW: Adds an option to print a | daily food/calorie log, so you can keep track | of your intake and output during the day.. | (Eric Jarrett) (Reg.Fee: $13) HEALTH01.ZIP 111621 06-30-95 Health 01 is a set of files analyzing the | relationships between human diets and health. | Topics include scientific arguments against | eating meat and other animal products, an | analysis of colds and flu as a result of | local cultural diet, eliminating tooth decay, | proper food combining for optimum digestion, | and more. (Laurie Forti) (Reg.Fee: $10) HEART.ZIP 33990 05-29-89 Heart is a program that gives the breakdown | of fats (in grams), cholesterol and sodium in | foods that are very common. Statistics and | recommendations are from the 1984 National | Institutes of Health Consensus Development | Conference. This program is for anyone who | wants to watch their diet for a healthier | heart and lower blood cholesterol levels. | (Merrill J. Lind) (Reg.Fee: $10) HERBAL25.ZIP 192205 08-22-95 Dr. Weed's E-Herbal 2.5 is an herb vitamin | nutrition guide. It lists complete | descriptions and traditional uses for herbs, | vitamins, and other nutritional products in | an easy-to-use menu-driven program with fast | searching capabilities. It also includes a | life-style analysis questionnaire to help you | determine which nutritional supplements you | should consider taking. Described are over | 400 nutrition products including single | herbs, herbal combinations, Chinese herbal | combinations, ayurvedic herbs, vitamin and | mineral supplements, homeopathic | formulations, weight management products, | nutritional beverages, etc. Information on | ordering the products and a toll-free | telephone number is included. Also included | is information on purchasing the products | wholesale. (Dr. Duane Weed) (Reg.Fee: $30) HERBS1.ZIP 63614 04-28-94 How To Have Good Health Natura 1.0 is an | informative guide to the use of herbs for | medicine, cooking, and creating natural | products for family and pets. (Kathy Long) | (Reg.Fee: $0) HLTH_AID.ZIP 248335 01-27-94 HealthAide 1.06 measures the nutritive value | of the foods you eat and provides guidance | for healthy eating. Features include an | analysis of ideal weight; calories needed to | maintain current and ideal weight; caloric | level required to safely and gradually gain | or lose weight; daily protein, fat, saturated | fat, cholesterol and sodium goals; heart | disease risk factor; blood pressure record; | 12 vitamin and 12 mineral information briefs; | 10 nutrient and non-nutrient information | briefs; a table of USRDAs and safe and | adequate allowances for adults; food files | with 600 foods in 12 categories with known | values of 33 nutrients (including fast | foods); color coded warning flags for | saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and total | fat percentage of calories; daily total and | up to seven day average of nutrients | consumed; and more. (The author can no longer | be reached at the address provided in the | documentation.) (Reg.Fee: $30) HLTHDSK1.ZIP 290703 01-21-94 Health Quest will make diagnostic and | dietary suggestions based upon symptomology | and information concerning dietary input. | This is not intended to provide ultimate | advice, but to identify nutritional areas | that should be further explored. The program | will also provide a nutritional evaluation of | up to seven days of your actual food intake. | Hard disk required. (Dr. James W. Dees) | (Reg.Fee: $10) HLTHDSK2.ZIP 162252 01-21-94 See HLTHDSK1.ZIP HSMART40.ZIP 423311 07-17-96 Heart Smart for Windows 4.01 helps monitor | calories, fat, and cholesterol in your diet. | The program includes a 900-item modifiable | food list, and the ability to print a weekly | menu. Menus can be saved and retrieved for | easy modification of a diet plan. (Michael R. | Henning) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $20) LABEL4.ZIP 6894 01-12-95 The New Food Label: Help in Preventing Heart | Disease is the fourth in a series of | articles explaining how to use the new | nutrition labels to meet specific dietary | needs. (Paula Kurtzweil) (Reg.Fee: $0) LABEL5.ZIP 5751 01-12-95 The New Food Label: Better Information for | Special Diets is the fifth in a series of | articles explaining how to use the new | nutrition labels to meet specific dietary | needs. (Paula Kurtzweil) (Reg.Fee: $0) MEALMATE.ZIP 82470 01-31-94 Meal Mate is a planning aid for people | preparing meals for someone on a carefully | controlled diet, such as a diabetic. The | program follows the guidelines established by | the American Diabetes Assoc., The American | Medical Assoc., and WeightWatchers Int. We | found it quick and easy to determine the | calories in either a single meal or a recipe. | (Stephen L. MacGregor) (Reg.Fee: $25) PATTERNS.ZIP 93906 04-11-94 Patterns 1.1k is a weight tracking program. | It analyzes your weight history and makes a | prediction of future weight trends based on | the Artificial Intelligence technique of | pattern recognition. The concept behind this | program is to warn you when your weight is | about to change, so that you can take steps | to actively manage your weekly body weight. | The program also calculates your actual | average weight change per week and how many | pounds away you are from your goal weight. | NEW: On-screen chart showing the Goal Weight | Target Area. Body Mass Index (BMI) is | calculated when you use the program to | determine your ideal weight. (Ted M. Parker) | (Reg.Fee: $31) PRONUT.ZIP 548499 05-16-95 Professional Nutritionist 1.2 is a complete | nutrition system for those who are serious | about diet planning, weight control, and | general nutrition. It combines a variety of | features to allow you to set dietary goals, | analyze meals for nutrient content, and view | and modify recipes. The program includes | various graphing options to easily display | results, a database several hundred foods, an | extensive demonstration of all the programs | features, and much more. (NutriSoft) | (Reg.Fee: $49) SLIM303C.ZIP 590200 03-18-95 Slimmer 3.03c will calculate your ideal | weight and calorie requirements while keeping | track of your weight loss and plotting your | progress. There is an extensive look-up | database (1200 items) of food types with | their corresponding caloric values. These | data files are also used for those who may | want or need to lower their blood cholesterol | count. The program is based on the guidelines | of the American Heart Association called | Eater's Choice. Eater's Choice is a system | that allows you to choose foods that you want | to eat while you lower your blood | cholesterol. A calorie counter is | incorporated into the program. Other features | include a fast food menu section; the ability | to track daily weight, calories, exercise, | protein, sodium, potassium, carbohydrates, | cholesterol, fat, and fiber. NEW: added HP | printer support. (George D. Summers) | (Reg.Fee: $25) VEGPREG.ZIP 8678 05-27-95 The Vegan Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation | 1.0 is an article by Reed Mangels, Ph.D., | R.D. which explains how a vegan diet may be | maintained during the pregnancy and breast | feeding. (Bobbi Pasternak) (Reg.Fee: $0) VI24.ZIP 357098 07-27-94 VitaCal 2.4 is a vitamin, mineral and calorie | tracker. It will analyze your basic lifestyle | to determine your requirements for calorie | intake and 14 vitamins and minerals. Daily | intake of these items will be recommended in | two formats: Federal RDA recommendations, or | you may manually substitute your own | requirements. The program displays the | totals and averages on screen or in hardcopy | form. It includes 500+ food items in its | databases. You can also add individual food | items to the various food files. (Rommie G. | Brewer) (Reg.Fee: $29) VITAMINS.ZIP 23952 12-06-92 Vitamins is a treatise on vitamins. It gives | a brief description, the purpose and usage in | the body, U.S.D.A. recommended dosages for | adults and children, and foods that contain | the following vitamins: A, C, D, E, K, B1 | Thiamin, B2 Riboflavin, B6, B12, Folate | (Folic Acid), Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, and | Niacin. (Adam Starchild) (Reg.Fee: $5) WEIGH_IN.ZIP 260912 08-08-96 Weigh-In 3.05 provides a convenient way to | chart your progress toward your personal | weight goal. It will help to insure that you | lose weight at a safe rate and that the | pounds don't sneak back on. ncreased speed on | some systems, improved password protection, | more flexible weight editing. NEW: | increased speed on some systems, improved | password protection, more flexible weight | editing. (Frambach Software Systems) (ASP) | (Reg.Fee: $20) WNA.ZIP 114081 05-25-92 White's Nutrition Analyst allows complete | nutritional analysis of many food items and | diets the user formulates in terms of | protein, carbohydrates, fats, cholesterol, | fiber, and 15 essential vitamins and | minerals. The program creates an | individualized profile of Recommended Daily | Allowances, and allows the creation of custom | diets for the user's life style. This program | covers 450 foods. (James H. White) (Reg.Fee: | $33) WRA.ZIP 65468 01-21-94 WhiteWare Recipe Analyst will do a complete | nutritional analysis on the contents of your | recipes. It displays calories and quantity of | protein, carbohydrates, total fats, saturated | fat, cholesterol, sodium, potassium and | dietary fiber, and percentages of adult US | RDA for protein, Vitamins A, C and E, the B | vitamins, calcium, folacin, and iron. (James | H. White) (Reg.Fee: $20) WTB.ZIP 110892 07-19-94 Overcome Overeating uses queries, analyses, | personal directives for homework experiments, | overeater theories, personal discoveries and | insights in modules of one week each to help | change the attitudes and behaviors which lead | to overeating. (A. Jesse Ivanhoe) (Reg.Fee: | $0) YOUR_PN.ZIP 108882 01-29-94 Your Personal Nutritionist helps you with | your diet by providing the means to create | daily regimens from the food database and | your own recipes. You can analyze recipes, | meals, single food items and the daily | regimen for all nutrients including the | essential amino acids. Requires DOS 3+ and | 384K of RAM. (Sitting Duck Software) | (Reg.Fee: $38)