[Logging] Track saturated fat
under review
Kristen Valentine
Can you please add a breakdown of the types of fat (including saturated fat) to the totals for each meal and the day when macro tracking? I would like the ability to see saturated fat tracked separately as part of the meal and daily totals (in addition to the current protein/fat/carbs/fiber/sugar/added sugar). The Levels medical advisers note in podcasts that some peoples' cholesterol levels are sensitive to saturated fat intake, so part of managing total health for those people includes tracking this type of fat specifically.
Furthermore, the new meal scores separately consider “healthy” versus “unhealthy” fats, so seeing the fat breakdown for each food, meal, and daily total would help us improve our meal scores. Currently, without this feature, a user is not able to readily see the fat composition of a meal and thus know how to modify it for next time. Knowing the breakout for each food is also important to seeing what we can swap out or modify to make better choices going forward. I have gone back to a macro tracking app to get this feature.
It seems easy enough to just display the total fat breakout in another line below the current protein/fat/carbs/fiber/sugar/added sugar. Another option is being able to customize what the user sees. For me, I would care less about added sugar and replace that with saturated fat so it all fits on the screen nicely, but for others they may not care about saturated fat and do care about added sugar. This feature addition would dovetail nicely with the ability to set customized goals on the habits side.
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Kevin Fossett
Yes! Definitely would like to see how much Saturated Fat I am consuming as part of my Logged Meals in the Levels App. Those who pay for Levels Labs and get a high ApoB result would all want this to see and track our saturated fat intake.
I really don't want to have to also download and use another app to track my saturated fats, such as MyFitnessPal. It would be amazing if the Levels app allowed me to get my saturated fat info.
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Cosima Travis
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Cosima Travis
under review