App help for Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Elimination Diet

RaeRaeB1979

Hi there,

Just joined as I was recommended this app as part of querying below on a Facebook Q&A group...... seems that the food scanner doesn’t identify the additives we are targeting to avoid. Any tips/advice from this community?

Anyone undertaken the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Elimination Diet & can recommend apps ie. scanners, recipes with shopping lists etc? Alternatively anyone no longer need the book with recipes & shopping guide & want to sell it? We have a list of food & additives (per photo) the dietician has recommended us to avoid - “Amine, Salicylate & Glutamine” which will be undertaken with a plant based diet so hoping for some easy options for transition!

Cheers in advance from Australia!

bpetrosky

I don't think you'll be able to find an app that can do that. MFP only tracks the main datapoints on standard nutrition labels: calories, macros (protein, fats, carbs) and important vitamins and minerals. It doesn't get the ingredients of packaged products, and is user entered so it varies in accuracy. The barcode scanner only gets the UPC code number which is matched by users to database entries that have been created.

You'll have to get used to scanning ingredients lists for the particular additives you're trying to avoid.

For your particular diet, your doctor (assuming it was prescribed by the doc) should have provided guidance how to get started including a list of approved foods.