DIETRON (CustomData)
by Peggy Brusseau & Peter Cox


Establishes your own personal nutritional needs. Lets you
choose from 150 of the most popular kinds of food - shows
you their breakdown - keeps track of your nourishment - and
helps you lose weight!
The first program of its kind for any home
computer anywhere in the world.


Loading Instructions

Type LOAD ""

Start tape and press "Enter". Program will
finish loading after approximately 4 minutes
when you will be requested to stop the tape. This
is important to avoid running into the next pro-
gram. Do not rewind the tape.


The Program

	You will first be asked to answer a series of
questions which after a second or two will
establish a complete range of values and require-
ments that are personal to you. These are then
displayed together with a warning if you are
overweight. You may wish to jot these values
down, although you can return to them at any
time during the program by choosing option 6 on
the DIETRON Selector. Additionally if you
already have a printer attached, you may hit key
'p' to obtain a printout. Hitting any other key will
return you to the DIETRON Selector.

Keys 1-4 on the DIETRON Selector will show
you the complete range of foods for which
information is held. For example, key 1 will show
you 37 different types of vegetables.

You can then input the food reference number
of your choice, or if you wish to return to the
DIETRON Selector enter a zero. Assuming you
choose a food, you will be asked how many
ounces (or grammes) you have consumed. It may
be a good idea to weigh your food until you can
estimate accurately. The computer will then
access and display all of the information relevant
to the food and amount you have chosen.

4 columns will be shown:
(1) Constituent - an abbreviated form of the con-
stituents already displayed under personal
values.
(2) Contents per 100g - this column allows you to
make comparisons between different foods,
irrespective of the amount you enter.
(3) Running total - your intake so far expressed in
the units you have already seen under personal
values.
(4) % R.D.A. - your intake so far expressed as a per-
centage of your recommended daily allowances.
You should aim for a figure of 100 in this column,
unless you are dieting when the calorie figure
may be lower.

Hitting any key will return you to food section
chosen or hitting 'p' will give you a printout if a
printer is connected.

Key 5 on the Selector will re-set all values and
allow another person to enter their own data.
Key 6 will show your personal daily requirement.
Key 7 will load the second program on the tape,
DIETRON Databank, which provides nutritional
information.


Notes

(1) American values have been used throughout
this program since they tend to be generally
higher than British figures.
(2) A rounding function has been incorporated to
prevent displays from becoming excessively
long. Whilst values shown on the screen are
rounded, values stored internally are not. This
preserves accuracy but may mean that some
figures displayed do not always mathematically
agree.
(3) No values for carbohydrates have been shown
separately from calories since under-consump-
tion is unlikely.
(4) As there are no recommended daily allow-
ances for fibre, fats or cholesterol no figures
appear for them under "% R.D.A."
(5) Illegal input may result in the program zeroing
all values and re-starting. or even crashing.

Use DIETRON to
* Plan your day's diet
* Control your intake
* Monitor your progress