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Syft User Guide

Welcome to your introductory guide for navigating Syft.

The app is designed to be intuitive, but let’s walk through the key features to get you up and running:

Logging a Meal

Documenting your meals and drinks couldn’t be easier:

  1. Capture Your Meal: You can take a picture of your meal using the camera icon or choose an image from your gallery with the picture icon. Visuals help enhance the accuracy of your meal logging.
  2. Input Your Meal Details: If you don’t have an image (or it’s unclear), use the message box at the bottom of the screen. Describe any elements of the image that aren’t obvious. This includes things like sugar in tea or the contents of a sandwich. You have the option to type or use voice dictation for convenience. The more detail you provide about ingredients and portion sizes, the more accurate the nutritional information will be.
  3. Submit for Analysis: Once you’ve described your meal and/or added a photo, press the send button. Our system will then analyse the nutritional content based on your input.

 

Correcting a Meal

You can easily correct a meal for any reason, such as:

  • Items or ingredients were missed by Syft
  • Syft’s portion estimation was inaccurate
  • If there were any leftovers
  • If you added something

If the meal is the last entry in your chat history, an updated description can be typed in directly, such as:

  • “The bread was buttered”
  • “That was 120g of pasta”
  • “Ate half the fries”
  • “Added a teaspoon of honey”

Syft will confirm the correction and edit the original nutritional breakdown.

Viewing History

Exploring your meal history provides insights into your dietary habits:

  • Accessing History: The history button on the bottom menu leads to your meal history page, displaying calories for each logged item.
  • Detailed Nutritional Information: Clicking on a meal entry reveals more details, including macronutrients and ingredient breakdowns. Long pressing on an entry also allows you to view the original image and description, with the option to make edits directly.
  • Review Daily Totals: The “Totals” link in the daily headers gives a summary of macronutrients by day. Browsing through your daily entries allows for a comprehensive view of your dietary patterns.

 

 

Tracking Badges

Syft helps you monitor key micronutrients with badges:

  • Default Badges: Track fruit & veg (5 portions), fiber, and protein automatically.
  • Custom Badges: Choose two additional micronutrients from omega 3, calcium, iron, magnesium, or vitamin D.

Progress on badges shows up both against individual meals and on daily progress:

  • Meal Indicators: Meals providing 20% of your RDA (recommended dietary allowance) for a tracked nutrient will be flagged on the meal in the chat page and in history details.
  • Earning Badges: Complete your RDA for a tracked nutrient to earn a badge, which appears on the home and badges pages, showing your daily and historical progress.

At Syft Health Ltd, our goal is straightforward: help everyone make better choices for a healthier world. We’re blending personal insights with technical expertise to bring a fresh approach to diet tracking.