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YOUR PERSONAL NUTRITIONIST v3.2.1 20 OCT 1990 REGISTRATION: The United States and territories, Canada, Mexico: $38.00 in U.S. funds, post paid Overseas addresses: $45.00 post paid. Submit U.S. funds; cash, Checks drawn on U.S. banks or Postal Money Orders. Please use the registration form at the bottom of this DOC file. BRINGS YOU: 1) A PRINTED MANUAL in a 3 ring binder. 2) SUPPORT; phone or mail. 3) AN AUXILIARY PROGRAM for modifying the database. 4) AN AUXILIARY PROGRAM that compares 12 home nutritional software packages, provides a comprehensive list of organizations which offer nutritional information and, lists common natural food items which have preventative and healing properties. 5) A NEW SCREENS and FOODDATA file which adds 24 more foods to the database, filling all available screen locations. 6) A NEW NUT.EXE file without the registration request. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM COMPATIBLE, 384K,DOS 3.XX, CGA, EGA, VGA or HERC monitors; printer is optional. YOUR PRINTER If you will be using 4x6 tractor feed file cards for your print-outs, set your printer for CONDENSED type, 16.7cpi. Otherwise, set your printer for 12cpi. If your printer cannot print the extended ASCII character set, delete the HIASCII file from the appropriate working disc. FILES REQUIRED and ON THIS DISKETTE: NUT .EXE The program run file. SCREENS Contains the screens used. YNSTR A coded information file. HIASCII A printer control file. EXERFILE Holds activities information for users. Files currently contains a fictitious person which you will eventually delete. FOODDATA Contains all the nutritional information for the foods in the database. MNUTDUM .EXE A program that creates 9 empty recipe files and 1 empty recipe note file. MANUAL .DOC The tutorial style manual detailing the use of the programs features. WORKING COPIES & INSTALLATION For a single or double 5¼ floppy system. 1. FORMAT a new disk, labeling it NUTDISK #1 2. FORMAT a new disk, labeling it NUTDISK #2 3. Copy the files NUT.EXE, SCREENS and YNSTR and SWMANUAL.DOC to NUTDISK #1 4. Copy the files HIASCII, EXERFILE, RECNOTES, FOODDATA and MNUTDUM.EXE to NUTDISK #2. 5. NUTDISK #1 and #2 are your working copies. 6. Insert NUTDISK #2 into any drive and type MNUTDUM After about 1 minute, MNUTDUM will have created 9 empty files for recipes and 1 empty file for the recipe notes. 7. Delete MNUTDUM.EXE from your working disc. 8. Insert NUTDISK #1 into any drive. 9. Make a hard copy of SWMANUAL.DOC 10. Type in NUT to start the program. 11. When asked, put NUTDISK #2 in the drive. For a single 3½ disk or 5¼ HD disk system. 1. FORMAT/S a new disk, labeling it NUTDISK 2. Copy all the files to NUTDISK which is now your working copy. 3. Insert NUTDISK into any drive any type MNUTDUM After about 1 minute, MNUTDUM will have created 9 empty files for recipes and 1 empty file for the recipe notes. 4. Delete MNUTDUM.EXE from your working disc. 5. Make a hard copy of SWMANUAL.DOC 6. Type in NUT to start the program. For a HARD DISK user 1. Copy all files to any directory on your hard drive. 2. From the selected directory, type MNUTDUM MNUTDUM will create 9 empty files for recipes and 1 empty file for recipe notes. 3. Delete MNUTDUM.EXE from your working disc. 4. Make a hard copy of SWMANUAL.DOC 5. Type in NUT to start the program COMMAND SCREEN All single keystroke entries are shown in brackets < > and commentary refers to your monitor. All activities branch out and return to a central point referred to as the command screen. After the introduction, this is the screen you will see when starting the program. "Doing" displays "MEAL" if you are building a meal or the recipe name ........if you are building a recipe. "User" displays the users name which is either selected from the list ........of files or entered manually. "Meals" tells how many of the six allowable meal cells are currently ........occupied. "Recipes" tells how many of the 270 allowable recipes are currently ..........stored on disc. The bottom of the screen contains possible commands. If the command is visible to you, it is available for use. To initiate the command sequence press the first letter/symbol of the command. The blinking "Name" is asking you to press <N> in order that you can enter your name and your ideal body weight. Your ideal weight is what you would weigh if you had a perfect physique. Press the <N> now. The <K>scr command blanks the screen if you wish to have the screen off but leave the program running. Any key will restore the screen. You may want to know the number of calories that you expend during your daily activities. The EXERCISE screen is for that purpose. Initiate the <E>xer command now. EXERCISE There are 48 activities listed on the exercise screen. Each activity is preceded by the number of calories per hour required to perform it, based on a default weight of 150 pounds. Type in your TRUE (not ideal) body weight and then press <ENTER>. Notice that the calories per hour figure for each activity has adjusted itself to the weight that you have input. The first activity is now highlighted. Experiment with the cursor keys to move the highlighting bar in front of the various activities. Select an activity that you perform on a daily basis and move the bar in front of it. Press <ENTER> to select that activity and type in the number of MINUTES per 24 hour day which you spend at that activity, press <ENTER> again. The selected activity is now permanently highlighted and is preceded by the number of minutes which you have entered. The accumulated time and calories expended are displayed. Continue this procedure until you have accounted for 24 hours and 0 minutes. To CHANGE a time; highlight it, press <ENTER> to select it, type in the new time and press <ENTER>. To DESELECT an activity; highlight it, press <ENTER>, type in 0 (zero) and press <ENTER> again. When you are done, exit this screen with <ESC>. All values will be held in a disc file under your name. When you quit and restart the program at a later date, entering your name upon startup will call up the saved file so you will not have to re-enter the information. The program will keep files for six people. All calories per hour values are textbook approximations and may not necessarily reflect your actual needs. Variations in metabolic rate and other factors will have a profound effect on your actual requirements. INSPECT You are now back at the command screen. You may use the <I>nspect command to inspect the nutritive value of a food items in the database. Try it now. The inspect command takes you to the first food screen with the menu displayed below it. Experiment with the cursor keys to move the highlighting bar around the various screens and food items. You may also select a food category by pressing the first letter of the catagory name as shown in the menu. Try it. Notice that "Now doing" reminds you of why you are in this screen and that the highlighted food is displayed, with a longer description of the food and the foods standard unit, at the bottom of the screen. Highlight "Beans, limas" and select this food by pressing <ENTER>. Now input the number of standard units (s.u.) you want to examine. Note that for lima beans the standard unit is 1 cup. The permissible range is .01 to 20 s.u. and must be entered as a decimal. A conversion chart always pops up for your use. Input 1 then <ENTER> to select one cup of lima beans. <I>nspecting a food item automatically takes you through the four analysis screens. ANALYZE You are now viewing the VITAMIN analysis screen. The vitamins and their units of measurement are displayed in the leftmost columns. IU = International Units mg = milligrams (thousandths of a gram) mcg = micrograms (millionths of a gram) In the rightmost columns are displayed the MDRs (Minimum Daily Requirements), RDAs (Recommended Daily Allowances) along with a reserved column for a possible new standard. The amount of each vitamin in the number of s.u.'s which you have selected is displayed in the boxed column. To the right are displayed the % of the MDRs. For clarity, all values below .01 and percentages below 1 are not displayed. The standard charts are often incomplete and omit some nutrient values because; either the nutrient is not recognized as having an MDR or the nutrient has not yet been quantified for that particular food item. As a result, the displayed values will always be on the low side. Bear in mind, then, that you may be getting more nutrients than displayed. Everything commented upon above applies equally to the MINERAL screen which is view by pressing the <SPACEBAR>. Pressing the <SPACEBAR> again takes you to the PROTEIN analysis screen. PROTEIN ANALYSIS The most complex part of the program involves the protein analysis and the understanding of the Essential Amino Acids. Although we can use proteins to meet our caloric requirements, they do not make the best fuel. Additionally, proteins leave a number of different residues which our bodies will have to eliminate. It would be best if we could limit our intake of proteins to only that necessary. We could then vary our carbohydrate input to provide the needed calories. This is desirable because carbohydrates make the most efficient fuel. Proteins are made up of chains of Amino Acids. Simplistically, when protein is digested it is broken down into amino acids which are later re-assembled to meet the various needs of the body. If during re-assembly, some of the necessary amino acids are not available, our body has the capacity to manufacture them. However, there are 8 amino acids (a 9th is required by growing youngsters) which we cannot manufacture. These are called the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS. The proteins we consume must contain these amino acids in minimum amounts based, for the most part, on our lean body weight. Knowing this, it is then possible to adjust our protein intake so we consume the necessary amino acids but NO MORE. Before the computer, the process to analyze ones amino acid intake was very tedious. The protein analysis screen allows us to perform an amino acid juggling act with ease and accuracy. The trick is to get the highlighted portion of the 8 bars, each of which represents one of the essential amino acids, to reach the end of the graph simultaneously. You can accomplish this by adding or subtracting foods from your meals and then analyzing the results. To make this process easier you can use the <F1> command to start a search for a complimentary protein. Do so now. Lima beans are weak in the amino acid combination Methionine/Cystine so we want to find a food which is strong here. If the search locates a complimentary protein, the name of that food will be printed in the plus box. At the same time, the search procedure will be looking for a food which is weak in Isoleusine to compliment the fact that lima beans are strong in it. If it locates one, the food name will be displayed in the minus box. Also displayed will be the value 1.00, meaning 1 standard unit, and below that, the standard unit. The bars in the graph will be extended by the amount that 1 standard unit of the found food adds to the initial value and, the percent figures will be increased by the same factor. The use of the <+> or <-> key will allow you to raise or lower the amount of found food that is being considered. If, during the search, the found food makes an insignificant contribution to the total, that food item will be bypassed. After the first food is located, the <N>ext command will continue the search. When the list of foods is exhausted you are automatically exited from the search routine. You may prematurely leave the search routine with the <ESC> key. You should never accept a daily regimen whose analysis reveals that even one of the amino acids is not present to at least 100%. If you do not have sufficient protein intake, your body will forego the least important rebuilding activities in favor of the most important. Among the least important are hair growth and muscle maintenance. Use the <SPACEBAR> to go to the next screen. CALORIES, ETC The calorie screen displays the remaining information about the food, meal or recipe being analyzed. All figures on this screen are rounded to whole numbers. Shown for reference are the suggested minimums and maximums for: % of calories from fat mg of cholesterol gms of fiber Fiber figures are for crude fiber, not the new dietary fiber standard. Dietary fiber figures are currently incomplete. Within the required calories box is the figure arrived at in the exercise screen. Eat less than this figure if you wish to lose weight, more to gain. Again, keep in mind that this figure is, at best, only an approximation. Observant users will note that the required calories figure is approximately 10% greater than the calories expended figure from the exercise screen. The required calories figure includes a digestion factor which varies with ratio of fats/protein/carbohydrates. Note that the actual recommended % of calories from fat is 30%; a figure arrived at not because it's ideal but because that is the best the average person could reasonably be expected to do. Many health authorities consider 15% to be a more sensible figure. <BACKSPACE> through the analysis screens if you wish and <SPACEBAR> from the calorie screen back to the command screen. CREATE RECIPE Note: The registered version of this program has a new set of SCREENS and a new FOODDATA file which are not compatible with this version. If you intend on registering, do not create any recipes which you would like to keep. Use the <C>reate command and then the <R>ecipe command to begin creating a recipe. Name your recipe 8 MY RECIPE. We want all recipe names in capitals and the program will take care of this for you. Note that the recipe name is prefaced by a number which indicates how many servings are contained within. It's a good idea to do this as you will see. When you have named your recipe, a box will appear on the screen. This box holds the ingredients, as many as 10. Get the first ingredient with the <F>ood command. Note that some recipe names will not be accepted; these are the rules: No duplicate recipe names. No names with 2 or more consecutive spaces. No names with a leading space. No number allowed in the third position. FOODS Note the portion of the screen that is displaying "0 foods of 10". This tells you how many of the 10 foods in your recipe you have already selected. For now, ignore the other commands on that same line. Ignore also the numbers in front of some of the foods. Using the cursor keys or the first letter option, get the illuminated bar into the vegetable list and highlight "Carrot". Select the carrot with <ENTER> and input <2> <ENTER> to get 2 carrots. Using the <ESC> key, go back to the command screen briefly. Note that 2 carrots are now in your recipe. At any time during the creation of a recipe or meal you may <A>nalyze the contents from the command screen. Try it. Every new food that you add will increase the nutritional value of the recipe and you will see the increase when you analyze. For now, go get another <F>ood. By highlighting and selecting, acquire the remaining ingredients for the recipe: Mushrooms 1 cup Onions 1 cup Zucchini 1 cup Egg, lar 1 Rice, brown .5 cup Oatmeal 1 cup Sweet potato 1 Soybeans 1.5 cups Wheat germ 1 cup Each food that is selected for the recipe is permanently highlighted to help you keep track of the ingredients. You can always <ESC> to the command screen to view your progress and analyze if you wish. When you have the 10 ingredients for the recipe, <ESC> back to the command screen. STORE AND RECALL We have now completed the recipe 8 MY RECIPE Let's analyze a serving of this recipe. <D>ivide it into 8 portions pressing <ENTER> after typing in the 8. Note that a serving of this recipe is relatively high in vitamins and minerals and that the protein is well balanced. Now, let's store the recipe on disc. Use the <S>tore command now. If this were a new recipe that you wanted to save you would put in into an empty location within the category to which it belongs. Empty locations are designated by a single dash. At this time, all locations are empty. Highlight any dash in any catagory and press <ENTER> Now, <R>ecall the recipe you have just stored using the <R>ecall command. Highlight the recipe and press <ENTER>. The file space on the disc where this recipe was stored is now filled with blanks. You may re-store this recipe in another location if you wish or, get rid of it with the <*>clear command. But, don't do either now because we want to add some notes to the recipe and store it again. BACKING UP If you are going to back up your recipes (a good idea), make SURE that you back up all the RECIPE files, RECNOTES and RECNAMES at the same time! These files will always be a matched set. NOTES Initiating the <N>ote command brings up a blank field in which you can enter notes to be stored and recalled along with your recipe. You may use this field in any way which you see fit; cooking instructions, additional items to be added, etc. When you print out your recipe, these notes are also printed. If your printer cannot handle the extended ASCII characters, do not use them in your notes. The extended ASCII characters are entered into the notes by holding down the <ALT> key while entering the code number for the character. Do not use the <ENTER> key after each numeral. When the code number has been entered, release the <ALT> key and the character will appear. Type in a few words about this recipe (anything will do). These notes will follow the recipe to any location you may wish to store it. If you delete the recipe, the notes are also deleted. When you are done with the notes, press <ENTER>. Do NOT use the <ENTER> key at the end of a line to go to the next line. The up and down cursor keys are used to traverse rows. Note: Do not use the extended ASCII characters below code 32 in your recipe notes. These characters are used to send codes to your printer and can cause unpredictable results if they are part of text being printed. When you register Your Personal Nutritionist, you may recieve a complete set of recipe files and a matching recipe note file. These files will contain about 20 sample recipes. The printed manual makes reference to these recipes as they are supplied with the commercial version of the program (we did not supply them on this shareware diskette because there was not enough room). If you are going to begin creating recipes with this shareware version of the program and plan on retaining them, DO NOT ask that the recipes and recipe note files be sent to you with your registered copy. PRINT READ THIS PAGE BEFORE INITIATING ANY PRINT COMMANDS. The print routine, which is activated by the <#>print command, prints your recipe and notes in two possible ways. If, prior to printing, you set your printer for condensed type, you may load your printer with standard 4x6 pin feed file cards. If you do not want file cards, choose a 12cpi type for use with your computer paper. If you load file cards and then use a 12cpi type you will be printing on the platen. This will not please your platen and according to some printer manufacturers, could damage your printhead. Also, your computer may issue an extra line feed for each carriage return and double space the print out. Correctly set up your printer beforehand. The program prints to printer port #1. If you neglected to read the information provided at the beginning of the manual under System Requirements, do so now. The program has NO error trapping for printer set up oversights; it is up to you to see that your printer is on line and loaded with paper. If you are set up to do printing, use the <#>print command now. When you are finished printing your recipe, <S>tore it in a location of your choice. BROWSE Occasionally you may want to look through the foods in the database for an overview. The <B>rowse command allows you to do this. The browse screen is essentially the four analysis screens in one, with a couple of handy features but lacking in detail. Use the <TAB>, <SPACEBAR> and <BACKSPACE> keys to move about in the database. The use of the <+> and <-> keys adjusts the sensitivity of the protein display by temporarily changing the body weight. This makes it easy to see the amino acid balance of any protein containing food item. The <%> key is a toggle, which means that it flips back and forth between one condition and another. In one state of the toggle the display of vitamins and minerals will be in their units; in the other state the display will be in % of MDR. Try the various function in the browse screen and examine some foods. <ESC> when you are finished. CREATING A MEAL Creating a meal is very much like creating a recipe. The <C>reate and then <M>eal commands are chosen and you are supplied with a box for 10 foods. Do this now and go get a <F>ood. When you are building meals for your daily regimen, the program keeps track of the accumulated nutrients and compares them to the MDRs. While you are getting additional foods, the program marks foods which contain a significant amount of nutrients for which the MDR has not yet been achieved. The following list is processed in the order shown: A,B1,B2,B3,B5,B6,B12,C,D,FOLIC ACID,SODIUM,CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS,POTASSIUM,MAGNESIUM,SELENIUM,IODINE,ZINC, IRON,MANGANESE and COPPER. Since this is your first meal and the MDR for vitamin A has not yet been achieved, all foods marked with a numeral in front will have at least 10% of the MDR of vitamin A. The meaning of the numerals is: 1 for at least 10%, 2 for at least 20%, etc. to 0 for at least 100%. Put one whole cantaloupe in your meal now by highlighting and selecting as you did in building your recipe. A cantaloupe contains the MDR of vitamin A, so the numerals that are now displayed relate to vitamin B1. This is one of the ways the computer helps you to select food items. DISPLAY WINDOW Another aid to food selection is the use of the </>Display window. Bring up the display window now. The </> is another toggle. Inside the display window are a list of nutrients (read vertically) some numerals and symbols. The numerals 1 through 0 mean the same thing as they do when they show up in front of a food except here they refer to all of the nutrients and apply to the food item that is currently highlighted. Highlight the Cantaloupe again and refer to the numerals in the display window. A whole cantaloupe has 100% of the MDR of vitamin A, 100% of vitamin C and 100% of Potassium. Now refer to the + mark in the top row. Since the MDR of vitamin A has already been achieved, vitamin A has a + above it. Since the next nutrient in line is vitamin B1 it is either highlighted or has a pointer below it. The ? means that the information on the vitamin below it is often not quantified in the standard charts or is not recognized as having an MDR and will be skipped over. USER SEARCH The <?>User command will allow you to set up a search pattern for foods that contain at least 10% of the MDR for all the nutrients you select up to a maximum of 5. Initiate the <?>User command and follow the instructions on the screen to highlight and mark vitamin A, vitamin C and Potassium. <ESC> back to the food screen and make sure the </>Display window is up. Note that vitamin A, vitamin C and Potassium are either highlighted or have a pointer below them. Also note that Avocado and Cantaloupe have dashes in front of them. Any food that has a dash in front of it contains at least 10% of the MDR of each of the three vitamins. This condition will exist until the user markings are deactivated or changed. Move the highlighting bar around and verify the correctness of the markings by observing the numerals above the vitamins. Play around with these function for a while if you wish. To restore normal operation use the <?>User command and <ESC> without marking any nutrients. Get a cup of Broccoli and a couple of other foods and <ESC> to the command screen. ERASE Using your intuition, screen prompts and the <E>rase command, erase everything from the meal except the broccoli. TRANSFERRING PORTIONS While you a building a meal you may <R>ecall a recipe and put a portion of that recipe into your meal. <R>ecall the recipe 8 MY RECIPE. Use the <D>ivide command to divide the recipe into 8 portions. Now you know why you prefaced the recipe name with the number of servings in it. Use the <T>ransfer command to move the portion into the meal. <A>nalyze the meal to see that it is fairly well balanced. If you care to add anything to it, feel free. Use the <D>aily command to put the meal into the daily regimen. DAILY REGIMEN The daily regimen screen contains six cells, one for each meal. Some people prefer (or only have time for) 3 heavier meals. Others tend toward more frequent but lighter meals. Nutritionists would recommend six lighter meals. You may use these cells any way you see fit. To store your meal in a cell, <H>ighlight the cell and using the <S>tore command, drop the meal into the cell. Should you try to store the meal into an occupied cell you will get a warning. You may move to another cell or ignore the warning and overwrite the existing meal. The <C>opy command allows you to copy the contents of one cell into another. If you have not already done so, <S>tore your meal in one of the cells. Don't do it now but be aware that once your meal has been stored in one of the cells, you may recall it (or any other meal) with the <R>ecall command after first <H>ighlighting the desired cell. The <A>nalyze command will take you through the analysis screens just as it did from the command screen. From here you will be analyzing the content of the total of the six cells. When your daily regimen contains adequate amounts of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, calories, fiber and at least the MDR of vitamins and minerals, you have in essence a perfect day. To print this perfect day use the <@>print command. If you generate an assortment of daily regimens and keep them handy in the kitchen, on any given day you can grab one at random and by eating only what is listed, be assured that you are doing the best you can. The <*>clear command erases all six cells. <*>clear daily now and you will automatically return to the command screen. EXIT, FILES, RENAME, PROFILE The <F>iles command shows a list of individuals who have established exercise files. Instead of typing in your name at the beginning of a session, you may select your name from this list. The <R>ename command allows you to rename a recipe. <R>ecall 8 MY RECIPE and <R>ename it 9 MY RECIPE. <S>tore it again. The <!>exit command quits the program and returns you to the operating system. The <P>rofile command, available from the food screens, is useful to find foods in which specific nutrients are located. --------------------------THIS COMPLETES THE TUTORIAL------------------------- Questions? Call or write. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REGISTRATION FORM: Name______________________________________________Telephone___________________ Address____________________________________________________Apt________________ City_________________________________________State_______Zip__________________ Name of distributor from whom you got the program_____________________________ Enclosed is: $38 $45US Please register me and supply the materials outlined in the SWMANUAL.DOC file. ___ Please send the recipes and recipe note files. I realize that any recipes which I have thus far created will be lost. Media desired (check one): _____ 5 1/4" diskette _____ 3 1/2" disc Mail to: Bill Fitzpatrick, POBox 282, Veneta, OR 97487 USA