Method and system for providing dietary information
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1. A method of communicating manipulated dietary information to a user comprising:
- storing dietary information on a dietary information database, wherein said dietary information database comprises a menu/recipe database, a nutritional database, a personal database, and a medication database;
inputting and storing user criteria in said personal database,identifying specific dietary information meeting user criteria, wherein said identifying step comprises said personal database interacting with the menu/recipe database and optionally with the nutritional database, or the medication database;
retrieving said specific dietary information;
manipulating said specific dietary information wherein said manipulated dietary information comprises a menu of planned meals;
transmitting said manipulate dietary information from accessible to a user machine, thereby communicating said manipulated dietary information to said user;
inputting a user assessment into the user machine, wherein the user assessment is of at least one of the manipulated dietary information or the interaction of the personal database with the at least one of the menu/recipe database, the nutritional database, or the medication database; and
transmitting and storing said user assessment to the dietary information database over the internet for access by other future users over the internet.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and data structure for procuring, analyzing, and communicating dietary information, particularly information regarding the research, evaluation and selection of dietary products. The system provides a comprehensive combination of dietary information in a format that facilitates analysis, decision-making, and procurement of various dietary products based on factors, including an individual'"'"'s medical nutritional needs, current medication(s), cooking skills, budgeted food expense, food preferences, food allergies, life stage, and lifestyle.
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1. A method of communicating manipulated dietary information to a user comprising:
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storing dietary information on a dietary information database, wherein said dietary information database comprises a menu/recipe database, a nutritional database, a personal database, and a medication database; inputting and storing user criteria in said personal database, identifying specific dietary information meeting user criteria, wherein said identifying step comprises said personal database interacting with the menu/recipe database and optionally with the nutritional database, or the medication database; retrieving said specific dietary information; manipulating said specific dietary information wherein said manipulated dietary information comprises a menu of planned meals; transmitting said manipulate dietary information from accessible to a user machine, thereby communicating said manipulated dietary information to said user; inputting a user assessment into the user machine, wherein the user assessment is of at least one of the manipulated dietary information or the interaction of the personal database with the at least one of the menu/recipe database, the nutritional database, or the medication database; and transmitting and storing said user assessment to the dietary information database over the internet for access by other future users over the internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus communicating manipulated dietary information and from a computer to a user comprising:
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an internet; a user machine operably connected to said internet for inputting, storing and retrieving said dietary information; a plurality of databases comprised of a menu/recipe database, a personal database, a nutritional database, and a medication database, wherein said personal database is adapted to interact with the menu/recipe database and optionally with the nutritional database, or the medication database; and a computer operably connected to both said internet and said plurality of databases said , wherein said computer is adapted to search said plurality of databases to identify information relating to a plurality of factors as specified by said user, said computer comprises a storage area, said computer is adapted to store said identified information in said storage area, said computer is adapted to manipulate said transmitted stored identified information to provide a summary of appropriate dietary information including a menu of planned meals said computer is adapted to store said summary in said storage area, and said computer is adapted to transmit at least one of said summary or a location of said stored summary to said user machine via said internet; wherein said plurality of factors include at least one of anthropometric, metabolic, life stage, or dietary prescription data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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