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This is very cool. I spend way too much time consulting nutrition tables to plan my meals - I would use this all the time. Great UI too.

I see you have grams for protein but not the other two macros. Could you add them?

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Not that it matters if it is added, I can see the rationale behind this. Generally when people are following a program, depending on the program and the cycle (bulking or cutting), there is a set amount of proteins one should consume (1.5g/lb of body weight, 1g/lb of body weight etc.) and the remaining calories are to be attained from carbs/fats in some ratio (which in some cases might not even be defined, but left to preference).

True.

But often I'm concerned with a specific macro, as in, "hey I need 20g more carbs today."

The macro ratios of individual food items doesn't really help when calculating the total day ratios.

Thanks for the suggestion. I agree, I think I could improve how details are displayed more effectively anyways.

So you assume everyone is "bulking" or "cutting", or following that kind of "program"?

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