The Nutrition tab helps you plan healthy meals, browse recipes, explore nutritious ingredients, and customize your dietary preferences.
What You'll Find Here
The Nutrition tab provides access to:
- Meal Planning: Weekly meal plans tailored to your goals
- Nutritional Preferences: Customize your dietary requirements
- Nutrition Guide: Learn about balanced eating
- Recipes: Browse featured meal ideas
- My Recipes: Your personal recipe collection
- Ingredients: Explore healthy food options
Meal Planning
Plan your weekly meals with recipes or your own custom meals.
View Your Meal Plan
From the Nutrition screen, tap on "My Meal Plan" to see your weekly schedule of meals with daily calorie and macro tracking.
There are multiple ways to add meals to your plan:
Option 1: Add from Recipes
Add a Recipe to Your Meal Plan
Tap "+ Add Item" or a specific meal slot, then browse recipes. Select a recipe and choose the item type (Main, Side, etc.) and servings.
Option 2: Log an Ad Hoc Meal
Add a Custom Meal
When adding to a meal slot, tap the "AdHoc" tab to log what you actually ate with a photo and description.
Describe Your Meal
Enter a description of your meal and optionally add a photo. The app will analyze it for nutritional information.
Using Favorites for Quick Meal Logging
Save your frequently eaten meals as favorites for quick reuse.
View Your Favorites
When adding a meal, tap the "Favourites" tab to see your saved meals with their nutritional information and usage history.
Quick Add from Favorites
Tap any favorite to instantly add it to your meal plan. The app confirms when the meal has been added.
Pro Tip
Save your go-to breakfast, regular lunch spots, or frequently made dinners as favorites to speed up meal logging.
Nutritional Preferences
Set your dietary preferences to get personalized meal recommendations.
Access Preferences
Tap "My Preferences" to customize your dietary approaches, meal schedule, cooking preferences, and daily macro targets.
Dietary Options
Set your dietary approach (Low Carb, Keto, etc.), meal schedule, cooking skill level, prep time, and budget preferences.
Nutrition Guide
Learn about balanced nutrition and healthy eating habits.
Browse the Guide
Tap "Nutrition Guide" to access educational content about macronutrients, micronutrients, and healthy eating principles.
Track Your Progress
The guide tracks which topics you've read, helping you work through the complete nutrition education curriculum.
Ingredients
Explore healthy ingredients and learn about their nutritional benefits.
Browse Ingredients
Navigate to "Ingredient Browser" to explore over 475 ingredients with detailed nutritional information.
View Ingredient Details
Tap any ingredient to see detailed information about its health benefits and find recipes that use it.
Find Recipes
From an ingredient detail page, you can see how many recipes use that ingredient and browse them directly.
My Recipes
Create and manage your own recipe collection, import from the web, and share with friends.
View My Recipes
Navigate to "My Recipes" to see your personal recipe collection with tags and nutritional information.
Adding Recipes
Add a New Recipe
Tap the + button to see options for importing a recipe from photos or from a URL.
Adding Recipes from URL
Import recipes from your favorite food websites.
Import from URL
Select "Import from URL" and paste a recipe URL. The app extracts the recipe details automatically.
Supported Sites
Most popular recipe websites are supported - just paste the URL and Elevate will extract the recipe details.
Adding Recipes from Photos
Capture recipes from cookbooks or magazines by taking a photo.
Import from Photo
Select "Import from Photos" to take a photo or choose from your library. The app uses AI to extract recipe details from cookbook pages or handwritten recipes.
Photo Tips
For best results, ensure good lighting and capture the full recipe. The app can read both printed and handwritten recipes.
Sharing Recipes to Chat
Share your favorite recipes with coaches and community members.
Open Share Options
From any recipe, tap the share button (paper airplane icon) to send it to chat.
Select a Conversation
Choose a channel or direct message to share the recipe with. You can search for specific channels.
Recipe Appears in Chat
The recipe shows as a rich preview in the chat, allowing others to tap "Tap to add to your recipes" and save it.
Build Community
Sharing recipes is a great way to inspire others and get feedback on your healthy meal ideas.