KIM software for omega6/omega3 ratios

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All,

I did a quick search of the message archives and couldn't find any

discussion about this software program (which Khurram Hashmi mentions

on his CRON blog) which helps you design meal plans to optimize your

omega6/omega3 ratios.

http://www.cron-web.org/KH04.htm

I downloaded the software, which is available for both Windows and Mac

from this site:

http://efaeducation.nih.gov/sig/kim.html

Has anyone here used KIM? The food database contains information

about the omega3 and omega6 contents of many foods. It's designed to

help you make better food choices, although it's not user-friendly

enough-- nor is the food database comprehensive enough--for me to

routinely input my daily food selections.

The terminology ( " long6/long3/short6/short3 " ) is downright weird, and

the food database doesn't include several of the foods I use. I am

interested in being able to design " recipes " for the foods I eat (for

instance Trader Joe's flax cereal), but I haven't managed to figure

out how to do it after dinking around with it for a couple of hours.

If anyone here is more practiced at using the software and can offer

hints, I'd appreciate an off-list tutorial.

Thanks,

Diane