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Every meal runs through a fixed formula, so the same meal always gets the same score. Five areas are scored: Glycemic, Inflammation, Cardiovascular, Cognitive and Muscle. Each one measures how closely the meal fits an eating pattern that research associates with healthy aging, not calories. Your day is a weighted blend of the five. In the app, tap the (i) next to any score to see exactly what it weighs.

Because they measure different things. A steak is strong for Muscle and weak for the Cardiovascular pattern; a bowl of berries is close to the reverse. A meal that is strong in one area and softer in another is completely normal. That trade-off is the point, not a glitch.

Before you save, you can remove a food, add one that was missed, or adjust a portion, and the scores update as you go. Estimates from a photo are estimates, and good light with the whole plate in frame helps most. If something is consistently wrong, email us at foodwise@graybearstudio.com.

The product may not be in the free open food database we use yet (newer and regional items often are not), the barcode may have been blurry or dimly lit, or the connection dropped. Try steadier light with the barcode filling the frame, or photograph the meal instead. When a scan fails nothing is logged, so you can retry freely.

No. A photo is used to read the meal and then discarded. That is also why an older meal shows a food icon instead of its photo when you share it.

Connect from the Apple Health tile in the app. To disconnect, open the Health app on your iPhone, go to Sharing, then Apps, choose FoodWise and turn the categories off. Health data is only ever shown for context and never affects your score.

On the sign-in screen, enter your email and tap the password reset option. Check your junk folder if the email does not arrive within a few minutes.

Account, then Delete account. Everything is removed permanently and cannot be recovered.