System and methods for supermarket shopping list elections based on goals
First Claim
1. A method of evaluating proposed food purchases comprising:
- storing a nutrition-related scheme based on achieving a primary goal, the nutrition-related scheme including a list of approved food items;
receiving an input regarding acceptability of a proposed substitute item which is not one of the approved food items;
making a determination of whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with any of the approved food items; and
communicating, based on the determination, whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with at least one of the approved food items.
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Abstract
Methods 300 and systems 100 for evaluating proposed food purchases which vary from a pre-planned diet are provided. A nutrition-related scheme, the pre-planned diet, is developed on the basis of achieving a primary goal such as increasing the intake of a particular nutrient or losing a certain amount of weight. The nutrition-related scheme, which may be stored in a memory 103 of a computer 120, includes a list of approved food items. When a user proposes to substitute a food item for an approved food item a version of the program stored on a PDA 120 determines whether the substituted item negatively interacts with any of the approved diet items, for example, affecting the user'"'"'s ability to metabolize a nutrient in the approved item.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of evaluating proposed food purchases comprising:
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storing a nutrition-related scheme based on achieving a primary goal, the nutrition-related scheme including a list of approved food items; receiving an input regarding acceptability of a proposed substitute item which is not one of the approved food items; making a determination of whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with any of the approved food items; and communicating, based on the determination, whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with at least one of the approved food items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable media embodying a method of evaluating proposed food purchases, the method comprising:
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storing a nutrition-related scheme based on achieving a primary goal, the nutrition-related scheme including a list of approved food items; receiving an input from regarding acceptability of a proposed substitute item which is not one of the approved food items; making a determination of whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with any of the approved food items; and communicating, based on the determination, whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with at least one of the approved food items. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for evaluating proposed food purchases comprising:
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a memory configured to store a nutrition-related scheme based on achieving a primary goal, the nutrition-related scheme including a list of approved food items; an input unit configured to receive an input regarding acceptability of a proposed substitute item which is not one of the approved food items; a processor configured to run a program for making a determination of whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with any of the approved food items; and an output unit configured to communicate whether the proposed substitute item would negatively interact with at least one of the approved food items based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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