The hM Monitor covers the basics on nutrition, diet, weight loss and weight control
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Chef Goodwizzard's (software) recipes focus on cooking for health improvement. They are based on diet planning suitable for heart health purposes, type 2 diabetes management, the control of cholesterolemia as well as weight loss and management or the ensuing maintenance of an ideal or healthy weight.
The hM Nutrition Journal
hM strongly recommends to use the information and healthy recipes provided on this website under the professional supervision of your doctor, registered dietitian or nutrition professional. Whether you are seeking to improve your general health, reverse heart disease, control diabetes or control your weight, always assume that getting some professional advice from your MD or RD is best.
This is a feature that we could not have provided you with: culinary expertise. Ask heartMonitron about all of the biochemical reactions that happen between the ingestion of carbohydrate, its conversion to Acetyl-Co-A, Malevolate and finally to Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol...its harmful effects on the coronary arterial endothelium: we are at ease. If you ask us to show you the best culinary techniques...well, we would rather stick to medical physiology ! MasterCook latest version even has video components that show how to cook it successfully !
( heartMonitron )
"Step-by-step instructional video from culinary experts, you can eliminate guesswork by watching complicated processes before you try them. On Cooking teaches you cooking and prep techniques." ( ValuSoft )
"If you have dietary restrictions, recipes can be FILTERED for low carbohydrate, low sodium, low fat, gluten free..( ValuSoft )
This just happens to be one the features we definitely needed. This will be a big time saver for you. ( heartMonitron )
MasterCook did a superb job at providing a detailed NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS. It even had "exchanges" value tables for diabetics ( 1 click ! ). We tried analysing complete daily "meal plans", adding or grouping three existing meals ( 3 clicks ! ) It worked perfectly. It also works for weekly and monthly plans ( heartMonitron )
"Nutritional analysis tools track fats, carbs, calories, cholesterol, and more. The program will show you healthier alternatives to popular ingredients, so you can see how substitutions will alter nutritional values." (ValuSoft)
Why the hM NUTRITION JOURNAL Chose
MasterCook as Chef Goodwizzard's supporting software
hM had ben developping Chef Goodwizzard as both a cookbook and custom made supporting software. The cookbook is designed to hold healthy recipes dedicated to the management of heart health, diabetes care, the management of cholesterolemia and for the purpose of weight loss and weight management. The software part was in development, using the SR20 release from the USDA as a database for computing. We felt at the time that the programs available on the market did not go far enough.
Over the years, the MasterCook program has acquired new features that make it an ideal workhorse for the hM NUTRITION JOURNAL. Given that all kinds of recipes can be imported and exported with this platform, and given its capacity for nutritional analysis and given some other very desirable features, we have elected to terminate the development of our software component. Our already published recipes will be converted into the MasterCook format.
MASTERCOOK will allow you to:
Quickly get a reliable NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS
Custom tailor your recipes to YOUR own. very personal HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Create and modify your recipes, from YOUR OWN FAMILY FAVORITES
Import hM recipes and thousands of others, it also comes with a complement of OVER 8,000 RECIPES INCLUDED.
The PRICE ( 19.95 USD ) is hard to match, for the same quality software. Ours would have been much more expensive with less features
MasterCook versions have been on the market for quite some time. So MasterCook format has been used world wide and recipes have started to appear on the whole planet. We have tested an old version that contained thousands of truly great "all American" and "International" Betty Crocker's recipes. The picture in the top left corner of this section is from a web site called Epicurious. They have all kinds of recipes you will be able to import. And they are not the only site. In short, there are so many recipes available in that format that... you may be confused as to which one to choose ! ( heartMonitron )
" It's tough to come up with new ideas for dinner, but with this list of recipes you're never short on ideas. Most of these dishes can be prepared in less than 20 minutes - working in the kitchen just got a whole lot easier! Over 8,000 recipes, including appetizers, entrees, desserts, grill recipes, and even kid-friendly foods." ( ValuSoft )
There are many other features that you will discover using MasterCook, We will not
dwell on them, since they are remote from the field of health improvement. These features even include shopping and budgeting - may be a smart idea (heartMonitron)
"Once you are ready to head to the grocery store, you can print out shopping lists for single recipes or for entire menus to take with you. And if you have a PDA, it's easy to download lists to your handheld." ( ValuSoft )
We have chosen MasterCook because it offered all of the features needed by a person wanting to improve his/ her health, whether that person wishes to manage heart disease, type 2 diabetes, lower serum cholesterol levels or successfully achieve weight loss and subsequently maintain an ideal healthy weight.
We will offer you a legal copy of MasterCook, directly from Amazon. Be advised that we are VERY intolerant when it comes to sofware piracy. We reserve the right to cancel any membership for violations of copyright. We know too well how many hours go into the development of software. Anybody using an illegal copy of MasterCook shall have his/her subscription cancelled immediately , with NO refund. The people who have developed such software deserve their hard-earned wages. You would certainly be very upset if you had worked so very hard... only to find out that somebody had just stolen your paycheck. We accept only only legal, paid for, registered copies of MasterCook for membership purposes.
Despite the fact that we have found MasterCook to be a truly outstanding product, hM still strongly recommends to use the information and healthy recipes provided therein or on its website under the professional supervision of your doctor, registered dietitian or nutrition professional. Whether you are seeking to improve your general health, reverse heart disease, control diabetes or control your weight, always assume that getting some professional advice from your MD or RD is best.
IMPORTANT
Recommended: System Requirements
Windows® 98/2000/Me/XP ( Vista not supported)
Pentium 400
64 MB RAM
8x CD-ROM Drive
150 MB free hard drive space
High color
Sound card for video tips
Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater for integrated web functionality