Original topic:

Is there a way to edit goals for specific nutrients, like protein, vitamins, and minerals?

(Topic created on: 08-01-2020 11:06 AM)
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Xeperu
Beginner Level 2
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Samsung Health

Greetings!  This is my first post here so hopefully I'm not beating an already-dead horse.  These recommendations for protein, vitamins & minerals the Samsung Health app recommends me are, for the most part, in no way in alignment with my diet.  I can just observe them by my own standards, but it would be nice if these goals could be set individually.  Is this possible?

 

If not, I'd like to formally request the feature (or bump that notion).  It could fit easily in the "View more details" screen under the Nutrient intake summary; maybe just tapping (or holding) the nutrient's details could pull up an edit window, or maybe each detail summery could have a menu dropdown with an edit option.

 

While I'm here I might as well also request expanding the vitamins & minerals that the app tracks.  I can't believe it doesn't track B vitamins!  Of course, the only way this would work is if the app had a system to allow users (or maybe brands) to update & verify updates to product listings...

19 Comments
Zuzana09
Beginner Level 3
Samsung Health

Hmm, have seen many threads since 2020, like this one, asking to be able to set own goals for macros and Samsung is doing nothing 😄, they really want us to use other apps instead.

Meximo73
Beginner Level 4
Samsung Health

I see nothing has changed. I need to get about 100g of protein and it would be helpful to have an all-in-one native app that could help me with my goals. I don't want to download an app when I could use Samsung Health. Ugh. 

DeanSeavy
Beginner Level 2
Samsung Health

I would very much like this feature as well. the app is recommending that 55% of my diet be CARBS! Are you kidding me? also i need 180 Grams of protein. If i followed the apps recommendations i would be gaining weight rapidly. Everybody needs a different diet to meet their goals. the fact this is not adjustable seems like a massive mistake. I thought it would be a pretty basic feature. I weight train a lot and if I followed the apps recommendations on that, my body would be feasting on it's own muscle. 

sschimera
Beginner Level 2
Samsung Health
It's also very important for me to customize macros
ironhansolo
Beginner Level 4
Samsung Health

What brought me to this thread is the micronutrient goals preprogrammed into the Samsung Health app. Looking at their bar graph it seems I am way under on potassium and vitamin C (just for an example), yet when I compare my numbers to published nutritional guidance I am actually getting more than double both of those. So if I were to follow the apps goals I'd likely end up with hyperkalemia. Some backend programmer has seems to have entered the wrong values and it's a shame to see that no one at Samsung is working to correct these obvious errors. It affects their brand reputation. 

alomegan
Beginner Level 5
Samsung Health
Adding my vote to this, because currently the Samsung Health food feature is unusable.
Bruno_J_Riel
Beginner Level 2
Samsung Health

I add my request to have the ability to edit macro nutrient targets.

acfit
Beginner Level 4
Samsung Health

What is the source of Samsung's targets for nutrients? I see only bar graphs showing whether I am in an "acceptable" range. Can I use the app to find the actual amounts consumed daily for each nutrient? And is there a chart somewhere that shows recommended amounts of each nutrient? 

PlantsAndForests
Beginner Level 2
Samsung Health

I absolutely agree! I don't know much about Macro counting however I do know that I have low blood pressure and need more sodium then most. I would pass out if I stayed to the recommended amount they have given me.

Poita316
Beginner Level 2
Samsung Health

It seems that, after 4 years, this has still not been added as a feature.

The standard set macros isn't useful for many of us.

Please add the feature to set personalized macros.