How your macro targets are set
When you set up NutriPixel, you enter your age, height, weight, sex, activity level and goal. From those it works out your daily calorie target, then splits it into macros:
- Protein: 1.6 g per kg of body weight. A 70 kg person gets a target of 112 g a day. Protein is set from your body, not as a percentage, so it doesn't shrink when your calories go down in a deficit, which is when it matters most for keeping muscle.
- Fat: about 25% of your calories. On a 2,000 kcal target, that's about 56 g.
- Carbs: the rest. Whatever calories are left after protein and fat, with a floor of 50 g.
Your goal sets the calorie target the macros are built on: about 300 kcal below your daily burn to lose weight, about 200 kcal above it to build muscle, or at your burn to maintain. You can adjust the targets any time.
Logging macros the quick way
Macro tracking usually means weighing food and searching a database. NutriPixel gets the numbers from what you already have:
- A photo. Each food on the plate comes back with its protein, carbs, fat, sugar and fiber. See the AI calorie counter.
- A description. Say or type
3 egg omelette and 2 slices of toast
and get the same breakdown. - A barcode. Packaged foods log the values from the label. See the barcode scanner.
- Saved foods and recipes. Your regular breakfast or protein shake can be logged again in one tap.
See your day at a glance
The home screen shows one ring for calories and a bar each for protein, carbs and fat, filling up as you log. You can see at lunchtime that you're light on protein, while there's still time to do something about it.
Tips that fix the gap
After you log a meal, NutriPixel looks at it against your targets. If it's short on protein, it suggests a side that suits what you're eating, like curd with an Indian meal or eggs with breakfast, and you can add it with one tap. The tips follow fixed rules, so their numbers always match your targets; only the choice of side is tailored to your meal.
Protein on a vegetarian diet
Hitting a protein target is harder on a vegetarian diet, particularly a typical Indian one built around roti, rice and sabzi. Tracking makes the gap visible. Dal, curd, paneer, sprouts, soya and milk are the usual fixes, and NutriPixel's suggestions lean towards foods that fit the meal you logged. See the Indian food calorie counter.
Macros plus calories out
Macros tell you what you ate. Connect Health Connect to see how it compares with what you burned, too.