
MyPersonalDiet User’s Guide
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8.3
Health
Enter values to adjust the calculation of the BMR and workout energy expenditure
(see section 9 for details). The values are expressed in percentage and range from
-100 to 100 (0 is the default).
Choose
Track points with food
for points to be displayed along food items and
meals. You can also enter your daily points target, which you can track in the Day
view.
8.4
Display
Select
Adjust BMR based on the time of day
to display how much energy you
burnt (which is your BMR)
at this moment
, as opposed to the full day. For
instance, if your BMR is 2000 for the whole day and this option is selected, the
BMR being shown at noon (half-day) would be 1000. This option lets you find
out how much food you can consume
now
given the time of the day.
Check off
Enhance charts
to apply a brightness effect when displaying charts
and graphs. Note that some do not use enhanced effects.
Check off
Zoom charts
to narrow the range of the graphs' vertical axis. If
unchecked, the range starts at zero.
Check off
Show average when applicable
to display a dotted line showing the
average, in the charts of the Graph view.
Select
Show the diet status on the Today screen
to enable the Today plug-in.
Note that you must soft-reset your Pocket PC if you change this option.
Most nutrients can be displayed along the recommend percent daily value (%DV).
These values are commonly found on U.S. food labels. Select the option
Show
percent daily values (%DV)
to show these values throughout the application
whenever applicable. Note that some nutrients do not have percent daily values
(monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and sugars).
8.5
Nutrients
Select the nutrients of interest to you. Only those selected will be displayed in the Food
Browser window as well as the nutrient lists in the Daily and Graph views, considerably
reducing the size of those lists.
When this option is selected, the daily energy is shown as a red bar in the Day view,
when looking at the Daily Summary for Calories (or Kilojoules).
8.6
Markers
Select the blood markers of interest to you. Only those selected will be displayed in the
Graph view’s health entry list, considerably reducing the size of that list.
8.7
Password
Check off
Ask password when opening the application
and enter a password twice,
along am optional hint. Whenever you open MyPersonalDiet, you will be prompted to
enter the password.