Patent ID: 7348500

Claim:
A nutrition balance, comprising: a scale unit for generating a weight signal in responsive to a weight of each of edible substances before intake; a control system, which comprises: a nutrition balance database storing a plurality of caloric values of edible substances with respect to a food guide pyramid, a personal balance database storing user information for determining a body mass index of a user; and a controller generating a daily caloric intake determined by said weight signal in responsive to said nutrition balance database, and a daily caloric requirement in responsive to said body mass index; a daily food exchange unit requirement generating a daily caloric control to control said daily caloric intake below said daily caloric requirement, wherein said daily caloric control is adapted for determining an amount of each of said edible substances being taken by said user that said caloric values of said edible substances are accumulatively added before said caloric values thereof reaches a value of said daily caloric requirement so as to provide a guidance of a balanced nutrition containing optimum carbohydrate, protein, and fat and to limit a total daily caloric intake from said edible substances for health control; and an input unit inputting said user information to said personal balance database, wherein said user information contains information of gender, height, body weight and daily exercise level of said user, such that said body mass index is determined based on said user information to generate said daily caloric requirement for said user.