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🎯 Getting Started with Nutrivio

Welcome to Nutrivio! This comprehensive guide will help you set up your account, configure your profile, and start your nutrition tracking journey with our AI-powered features.

What is Nutrivio?

Nutrivio is an AI-powered nutrition tracking application that uses advanced machine learning to recognize food from photos, provide detailed nutritional analysis, and help you achieve your health goals through personalized insights, gamification, AI recipe generation, and social sharing features.

📸 AI Food Recognition

Instantly identify food from photos

📊 Detailed Analytics

Comprehensive nutrition insights

🎯 Goal Setting

Personalized health objectives

🏆 Achievements

Gamified progress tracking

🍳 AI Recipe Generation

Create recipes from available ingredients

📱 Social Sharing

Share beautiful meal photos with nutrition overlays

Step 1: Download & Install

1 Download Nutrivio from your app store:
💡 Tip: Make sure you have at least iOS 13.0+ or Android 8.0+ for the best experience.

Step 2: Create Your Account

2 Sign up process:
  1. Open the Nutrivio app
  2. Tap "Create Account" or "Sign Up"
  3. Choose your registration method:
    • Sign in with Google
    • Sign in with Apple (iOS)
  4. Verify your email if required
  5. Accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Step 3: Set Up Your Profile

3 Complete your health profile:
  1. Basic Information:
    • Age and gender
    • Height and current weight
    • Activity level (sedentary, lightly active, moderately active, very active)
  2. Health Goals:
    • Primary objective (lose weight, maintain weight, gain weight, build muscle)
  3. Dietary Preferences:
    • Food allergies and intolerances
⚠️ Important: Accurate profile information is crucial for proper calorie and nutrition calculations. You can always update this information later in Settings.

Step 4: Configure Your Nutrition Goals

4 Set your daily targets:
  • Calories and macros: Based on your profile, Nutrivio will suggest a daily calorie and macronutrients target
  • Micronutrients: Key vitamins and minerals to track
  • Water intake: Daily hydration goal

Step 5: Grant Necessary Permissions

5 Enable app permissions for full functionality:
  • Camera: Required for AI food recognition
  • Photo Library: To upload existing food photos
  • Notifications: For meal reminders and motivation
  • Location (optional): For enhanced food database searches
💡 Privacy Note: All permissions are optional, but camera access is essential for the AI food recognition feature. You can manage permissions in your device settings anytime.

Step 6: Take Your First Food Photo

6 Try the AI food recognition:
  1. Tap the camera icon or "Add Meal" button
  2. Point your camera at a meal or snack
  3. Ensure good lighting and the food is clearly visible
  4. Tap the capture button
  5. Wait for AI analysis (usually 2-5 seconds)
  6. Review and confirm the recognized foods
  7. Adjust portions if needed
  8. Save to your food diary

Step 7: Explore Key Features

Dashboard Overview

Food Diary

Progress Tracking

Step 8: Share Your Journey

Nutrivio makes it easy to share your nutrition journey with friends and family through beautiful, Instagram-ready meal photos with nutrition overlays.

Sharing Your Meals

1 Share from Meal Cards:
  • Tap the share icon on any meal card in your dashboard or history
  • Opens the dedicated meal sharing screen
  • Creates beautiful visual content automatically
2 Professional Photo Creation:
  • Automatically generates Instagram Story-sized images (9:16 aspect ratio)
  • Overlays your meal photo with nutrition information
  • Includes meal type, date, food items, and macro breakdown
  • Adds your gamification level icon and global rank (if opted in)
3 Share Anywhere:
  • Instagram Stories and Posts
  • Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
  • Text messages and WhatsApp
  • Email and other sharing apps

What Gets Shared

Your shared meal images include:

💡 Pro Tip: Water and supplement entries have special visual treatments - water shows a beautiful blue theme, while supplements display with a purple theme.

Privacy and Personalization

Text Sharing Option

For quick sharing without images, Nutrivio also provides formatted text sharing:

1 Automatic Text Format:
  • Meal type and date (e.g., "My Breakfast on Monday, September 17, 2025")
  • Food list with emojis (🍽️ followed by your meal items)
  • Nutrition breakdown with icons (🔥 calories, 🥩 protein, 🍞 carbs, 🥑 fat)
  • Nutrivio branding footer
⚠️ Analytics: Meal sharing is tracked anonymously to help us improve the feature. No personal information is shared beyond what you choose to include in your posts.

Congratulations! You're now ready to start your nutrition tracking journey with Nutrivio. Here are some recommended next steps:

  1. Log your first full day of meals to get familiar with the interface
  2. Explore the AI food recognition with different types of foods
  3. Review your first week's data to understand your eating patterns
💡 Success Tip: Consistency is key! Try to log meals immediately after eating for the most accurate tracking and to build a lasting habit.

Need Help?

If you encounter any issues during setup or have questions about getting started:

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