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• Searching in Nutritics

  The search box is an integral part of Nutritics, and is always located in the top left of the screen when logging a diet or activity diary, creating a meal plan or creating a recipe. Press F3 or click the search box to begin searching. Results are returned once you click enter, matching the exact … Continued

  Last updated: 13th May 2024

• Saving Your Work

  Everything is saved automatically upon each mouse click in Nutritics. You can close Nutritics at any time and all data will be saved automatically and backed up to our secure servers.

  Last updated: 21st March 2024

• Smart Portions

  Nutritics provides a large number of portion sizes for foods in the database. These are assigned to foods from various portion size resources, manufacturer’s data or from direct weighing by trained Nutritics staff. Click on the box under the corresponding entry point (day/meal/qty) to enter a portion size. A smart portions box will open if … Continued

  Last updated: 17th April 2024

• Food Comparison

  Compare foods or recipes against EU, FDA and FSANZ Reference Intakes.  Right click on a food from the search results and click ‘Compare’. Repeat for all foods you wish to compare: The selected items will be added to the comparison workspace.  You can export the results to a report for sharing, printing or downloading as … Continued

  Last updated: 23rd April 2024

• How to Cite / Reference Nutritics

  Nutritics is used by over 80 academic institutions for teaching and research purposes. As such, we get a lot of questions asking how to reference Nutritics in scientific publications and assignments. We’ve put together this helpful guide to assist. Don’t forget to check your current Nutritics version number from Settings > About/Cite Nutritics in-app! APA … Continued

  Last updated: 22nd April 2024

• Sharing and Collaboration

  Clients, recipes, menus and foods can be shared with other Nutritics users.  Look for the sharing feature to do this. Please note that if your account is part of a licence group, people outside of this group cannot share items with you.  This guide will cover: Throughout Nutritics you can share items with viewing or … Continued

  Last updated: 25th June 2024

• Navigating Through Nutritics

  Nutritics uses a modern panel design with high resolution graphics and scrolling animations throughout. Nutritics is made up of panels and workspaces. There are 2 primary panels, one for client storage & management (for users on the professional, performance and education editions) and the other for management of food and recipes:  Clicking on an item … Continued

  Last updated: 23rd April 2024

• Technical Notes on Nutrient Data

  Energy value (Kcals): Calculated using the conversion factors: protein 4 kcal/g, fat 9 kcal/g, carbohydrate 4kcal/g and alcohol 7 kcal/g. Energy value (kJ): Calculated using the conversion factors: protein 17kJ/g, fat 37 kJ/g, carbohydrate 17 kJ/g and alcohol 29 kJ/g Amino Acids Fatty acids: Fatty acids are available via the research edition of Nutritics. Fatty acid and amino acid … Continued

  Last updated: 20th March 2024

• List of abbreviations used in Nutritics

  ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine ADA – American Dietetic Association AI – Adequate Intake AMDR – Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range BMRACSM ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine ADA – American Dietetic Association AI – Adequate Intake AMDR – Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range BMR – Basal Metabolic Rate cMET – Corrected / Compensated Metabolic Equivalent COMA – Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition … Continued

  Last updated: 20th March 2024

• Exporting, Printing and Emailing a Report

  You can generate a live link, excel or pdf of any report using the ‘Export To‘ button: The settings toggle beside the export button enables you to customise the report, and save the layout and customisations as templates for future use: The next time you click ‘Export to’ you can select from your saved templates … Continued

  Last updated: 23rd April 2024