There used to be an open-sourced version of Clipper, wasn't there? That was the dBase 3 compiler from a 3rd party. Did that go extinct?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 8:59 PM <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Somebody wrote: > > But... isn't the tool the least of your problems? The big one being, > > where are you going to get your nutritional database. (Seems to me that > > most of what Weight Watchers and Noom do is collect data on millions of > > products.) > > From my records in my free format database (which would not be suitable > for > your program (at least not in its present condition), some notes on > available > databases. > > From "USDA databases" Thu Sep 08 06:57:41 2016 > Date: 09/08/16 06:57 am > Subject: USDA databases > > There is documentation available to explain how the databases are > organized, > what they contain, etc. Several different formats are available (ASCII > text, > Access, etc.) Statistical information (e.g., standard deviation) is > available > for some data. > > * [[http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964][USDA > National > Nutrient Database for Standard Reference: Release 28]] > > * > [[ > http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/80400525/Data/SR/SR28/sr28_doc.pdf > ] > [Composition of Foods: Raw, Processed, Prepared; USDA National Nutrient > Database for Standard Reference, Release 28 (2015); Documentation and User > Guide]] > > * [[https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/docs/SR_BrandedFoods_May2016.pdf][USDA > Branded Food Products Database; Documentation; May 2016]]--an experimental > public / private partnership, dissolved in 2015 (iirc) after developing > data > for 354 products, incorporated as an adjunct (iiuc) to the USDA database > SR28 > > * [[https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=24912][SR27 - > Download > Files]] > > And, from some documentation on CRON-O-Meter (which is a program like > you're > describing, available in an online version and a Linux version: > > <quote> > The foods in our database come from several sources. > > * NCCDB (Nutrition Coordinating Center Food & Nutrient Database) from > the > University of Minnesota, contains over 16000 food entries with > comprehensive > data on 70 nutrients. > > * USDA (SR28) (United States Department of Agriculture National > Nutrient > Database for Standard Reference (SR28)) contains over 8000 food entries > with > data on over 70 nutrients. > > * ESHA (ESHA Research, Inc.) contains over 35000 brand name products > and > restaurant menu items. These items don't typically have as full of a > nutrient > profile as the USDA and NCCDB items, but contain all the published > information > from the product nutrition labels--I don't know how many nutrients--may > vary. > > * ???? Nutritionix: barcode scanning database, contains data for over > 400,000 food product nutrition labels--I don't know how many > nutrients--may > vary. Nutritionix API > > * CNF 2010 (Canadian Nutrient File) > This data has a lot of overlap with the USDA data (many entries are > derived it), but adds a lot of additional foods, as well as reflecting > differences found in Canadian foods. It has french and english names for > all > items, as well as standard measures in metric units--I don't know how many > nutrients--may vary. > > * IFCDB (Irish Food Composition Database) contains nearly 1000 irish > food > and supplement products--I don't know how many nutrients--may vary. > > * CRDB (CRON-O-Meter Community Database) foods submitted by > CRON-O-Meter > users (they show green in the food search dialog)--I don't know how many > nutrients--may vary. > > * Custom > These are your custom foods. These are private and can only be viewed > and > used by you, or any friends you have linked to for food-sharing--nutrients > included may vary based on where I got the data (I mean, like from which > of > the databases listed below. > </quote> > > One of my points is that data / databases are available. > > I'm also willing to share with you my file on my experiences with this > type of > program. NUT is available for LInux, but it was really freaky -- for > example, > you had to specify how many meals per day you intended to eat (for this > example, assume 6, 3 meals, 3 between meal snacks, and then when you > entered > the first meal it multiplied all the nutritional values by 6. I forget > what it > did as you entered the other meals. > > CRON-O-Meter was much better, but not really good enough to suit me. > > I experimented with possibly as many as 10 such programs that I could run > without touching Windows. One of them (I forget which) tracked something > like > 60 different nutrients, things like micrograms and such of minerals, > vitamins, > ... > > If you're really interested, I can make my file with my notes in it > available > to you. > > You can treat it as a plain text file, or read it as emails in any email > client > that can handle mbox files, or, with a special file I can provide, read it > in > kate with the features I intended it to have (syntax highlighting and > folding). > > > > > >
