EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale - Professional Food and Nutrient Calculator
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale - Professional Food and Nutrient Calculator
Customer Review: Perfect Scale for the Perfect Diet
Summary: 5 Stars
EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale - Professional Food and Nutrient Calculator
I've been using a simple, spring type diet scale and, from the mass of the food item measured, calculating the grams of various macro-nutrients. With EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale, the number of calculations I have to do has been greatly reduced since so many food items are already programmed into the scale. I can also easily program it for items not in the scale's data base. And, what I find really fantastic is that if I want to consume a certain number of grams of protein, fat, or carbohydrate, I can simply program the scale for that food item and then add the food until it shows the exact number of grams/milligrams of the nutrient I want.
For those people who trust measuring the VOLUME of food, you will be in for a big surprise when you compare the calories in say 1/2 cup of oatmeal with the real weight from this scale. One 1/2 cup serving of uncooked oatmeal is SUPPOSED to be 40 grams (150 calories) but the EatSmart accurately measures 1/2 cup of uncooked oatmeal as being 60 grams (225 calories)! What a pleasure to know that now I am eating the real amount of food that I want.
Customer Review: A useful and elegant tool for managing my food intake
Summary: 4 Stars
After visiting stores and looking at all types of scales, after researching the Internet, reading other peoples' reviews, and discussing with two nutrition specialists, I decided to purchase the EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale.
It's been only a few days since it arrived, and I'm still experimenting with it, but I made the right choice. The scale looks great, is easy to use, and my food intake management got much better. I like the tare function and the dual mode (by type of food or by the package label).
Why then only four stars?
I grew up in Eastern Europe and I am not your typical North American food consumer. The booklet contains about 1000 food codes, but still some of my favorites are missing, while some of those foods I see in the booklet I'd never touch. I'm missing a way of adding my favorites to the scale default list. The compromise is to use similar equivalents instead.
The second thing I'm missing is an easy and simple way of finding the nutritional values of portions of home made complex foods. No other scale offers such a function either. I guess "easy" and "complex" don't mix well.
All in all, I'm happy with my new toy. It looks great, it's very useful, and it's fun to use.
Customer Review: You'll be surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
It's interesting to see how much a serving really is. Sometimes something that looks like a serving is actually 2 or 3. This scale helps me keep my portion control in check. It works great in conjunction with a computer based diet monitoring program. I can just type in the weights of foods and the software calculates the nutritional values.
Where the scale comes in really handy is when I'm cooking a recipe for the family. I can tare my pan, then load in the ingredients, punch in the codes, and total it out. I can then take the total weight of the food and break down the nutritional content per serving. Unfortunately, there is no way to store that data for the next time. The 999 foods loaded in the computer are all she wrote. I also wish there were more codes for recipe ingredients (sugar, honey...) and beverages (juices).
I also like the number and types of stats there are for every item. The numbers cover weight loss diets, diabetic diets, cardiovascular diets, even vitamin K for people on blood thinners. The calculator option for food packages is nice, but really not that necessary.
This was a worthwhile purchase. It would be 5 stars for more basic codes or the option to load one's own.
Customer Review: Fantastic Scale, Fantastic Company
Summary: 5 Stars
I researched all the available nutrtion scales on the market and decided on the EatSmart. And what a good choice it's been. It's truly a great product and performs exactly as advertised, providing extensive nutritional information that's not available from any other scale. You'll be amazed at the discrepancies when you compare the actual weight of some foods with what's listed on the nutrition information printed on the package. For example, the information printed for spoon-sized shredded wheat is for a one-cup serving (52 grams). If you weigh the cereal, though, 52 grams is a lot closer to being 3/4 of a cup, not a full cup. Same for potato chips, pretzels and other irregularly shaped foods. And regarding the company that makes the scale: The scale that arrived didn't function properly. I e-mailed the company and within 20 minutes got a phone call from the vice president, who had me do some tests and quickly determined that the scale was defective. He said he'd send a replacement immediately. Sure enough, a new scale arrived as promised and it works perfectly. That's customer service. At any rate, I can't say enough good things about the scale. Like me, I'm sure you'll be pleased if you buy one.Customer Review: A must have for any diabetic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had recently found out about this item through some diabetic friends of mine, incidentally I too, am a type 1 diabetic. I bought this last month and absolutely love it! I use an insulin pump and have to count mycarbohydrates pretty strictly. The items which I have to "guess" on the carbs are no longer a mystery to me! We all know the cheat sheets, so to speak... "a fist of rice is about 45g of carbs" well, my fist is much smaller than my boyfriends, so does this mean he gets to eat more rice for the same 45g of carbs, I think not! Now I can just weigh what I'm eating and not have to guess anymore, its great! Carb counting was the main reason I bought this scale, but it has many other great features I use as well. I like the way the scale has 999 items programmed into it for quick and easy use. It comes with 2 books, one of the different codes and how to use the scale and another with all kinds of diet and health info. The only possible negative thing I would say about the health and food info book is that it seems more geared towards type 2 diabetics, rather than us type 1's. But that wouldn't deter me from recommending this to a friend, it is very good tool to have around!