Plain guides to calories, macros, portions and food logging, from the maker of Luca.https://luca.ege.md/enhttps://luca.ege.md/blog/barcode-data-vs-estimates/https://luca.ege.md/blog/barcode-data-vs-estimates/Why a nutrition label reached by barcode beats a visual guess for packaged food, what an open food database is, and how label rounding and tolerances work.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTbarcodephotobasicssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/building-a-logging-habit/https://luca.ege.md/blog/building-a-logging-habit/What habit research says about making food logging automatic: a steady cue, less friction, consistency over completeness, and why a missed day is fine.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThabitsbasicssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/eating-out-calorie-estimates/https://luca.ege.md/blog/eating-out-calorie-estimates/Logging meals out: where menus must show calories in the US and England, how to estimate when they do not, and why restaurant portions vary.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTeating-outportionshabitssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/how-photo-calorie-estimation-works/https://luca.ege.md/blog/how-photo-calorie-estimation-works/How an app turns a meal photo into a calorie estimate: recognizing foods, sizing portions and looking up nutrition. Plus what a photo cannot see.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTphotoportionsbasicssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/how-to-estimate-portions/https://luca.ege.md/blog/how-to-estimate-portions/Practical portion estimation: hand and object guides, plate references, calibrating with a scale a few times, and reading serving sizes on labels.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTportionsbasicshabitssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/macros-explained/https://luca.ege.md/blog/macros-explained/What protein, carbohydrate and fat are, how many calories each gram provides, and the ranges that US, European and WHO reference bodies publish.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTmacrosproteinbasicssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)https://luca.ege.md/blog/protein-targets-basics/https://luca.ege.md/blog/protein-targets-basics/The reference values for protein: the US RDA of 0.8 g/kg, EFSA's 0.83 g/kg, the ranges discussed for active people, and who should ask a clinician.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTproteinmacrosbasicssupport@ege.md (Ege Beşe)