How to Determine Basic Food Composition with the NutriCode
The NutriCode is useful to individuals that are just getting started in
improving their nutrition and want to focus on the basics. For instance, only 3 wide bars are used in the Basic or Advanced NutriCodes to show the food's 3 main
calorie components.
The number of each of these 3 wide bars in relation to each other instantly conveys approximate percentages of fat, carbohydrate or protein. For
example, if there are equal numbers of wide bars to reflect fat, carbohydrate
or protein content, it is easy to recognize that the food is composed of nearly
equal calorie amounts and percentages of fat, carbohydrate or protein
(approximately 33 & 1/3% fat, 33 & 1/3% carbohydrate and 33 & 1/3% protein).
If the food has 8 wide fat bars, 2 wide carbohydrate bars and no protein bars, the food has no protein content and therefore gets approximately 8/10 or 80% of its total calories
from fat and approximately 2/10 or 20% of its total calories from carbohydrates.
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