Category:Cooking Software

Cooking Software for Health Improvement Purposes

Contributor: The heartMonitron NUTRITION JOURNAL

Some medical or health conditions require careful dietary management. It is almost impossible to guess the nutritional value of one's dietary intake over a period of time. However using some form of computer assisted meal planning is readily available. There are good and reliable cooking or recipe software programs that allow a person to perform the nutritional analysis of a meal or even of a monthly menu.

hM views such software as being very instrumental in planning a healthy diet. A prudent approach should be used, however. hM would recommend the following steps be taken:

- Discuss with your physician or dietitian before designing your program - Acquire some basic knowledge about the health condition which is of concern, for example: for cardiacs, there are excellent guides published by trustworthy institutions, such as "The American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease". For diabetics, titles such as "Diabetes A-Z" by The American Diabetes Association can be consulted. There are other Guides such as "THe Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol" or "Weight Loss and Nutrition, a Johns Hopkins Center White Paper".

- Acquire some dedicated cookbooks to have some examples of recipes suitable for your condition. - Become familiar with your recipe or cooking software such as MasterCook or the high-end Cook'n programs. http://heartmonitron.com/hm_meddigest_journals_on_nutrition-_heart_and_diabetes-_cholesterol_and_healthy_weight_040.htm

Acquiring some knowledge of nutrional principles would also be of great help in this endeavor. There are many good titles available in the hM section on nutrition. Some of these books are college textbooks on the science of nutrition and others are patient or consumer-oriented.

Healthy eating habits and lifestyle can make an enormous difference on one's health condition.

NG Bellemare Editor, The hM Journals ______________________________________________________________________________

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