3b. GMI Insight

The GMI Insight report is designed to show you (nutrient-by-nutrient) of where you have met and missed your nutrient targets. The top part of the report has bars which show which nutrients are keeping you from having a GMI of 100. GMI Targets are based on your nutrient goals, which can be viewed on the Nutrient Goals page, or in the Learn section on the Daily Details page.

Understanding the GMI Insight Graph

The bars on the graph show the effect that getting too much or too little of a nutrient has on your GMI. The longer the bar, the more significant the effect. The shading and direction of the bars indicate if you have gone over or under your nutrient targets. Dark blue bars to the left of the center line mean that you are getting too little of a nutrient from the foods you log (under and it matters), while light blue bars to the right of the center line show you that you are getting too much of a nutrient from your meals (over and it matters).

Nutrient Flyover

Sliding the cursor over a nutrient’s blue bar will show a nutrient flyover pop-up with the GMI Target for the nutrient, and how closely you came to hitting it. Some GMI Targets are listed as ranges so that you can get credit for coming close to your goal.

Click on the nutrient flyover pop-up to see more details.

GMI Targets

Depending on the nutrient, a GMI Target can be daily or weekly. For example, the GMI looks at micronutrients (potassium, calcium, etc.) over the past week including today. For macronutrients (protein, fat, fiber, etc.) the GMI looks at targets for today only.

Targets for Partially Logged Days

The GMI doesn't expect you to meet all of today's nutrient goals from just a few meals or snacks. Instead, it uses your Eating Pattern to adjust your nutrient targets when you haven't yet logged all of your meals and snacks. For example, if you've logged only Breakfast, Lunch, and Midday Snack, but not Dinner, your GMI Target for Calories (Daily) will be lower than it would be for the entire day.

Nutrient Sources

Click on a nutrient’s name (or its blue bar) to see the Nutrient Sources screen. From there you’ll be able to see the foods that supplied that nutrient. Alternatively, you can click 'sources' in the nutrient flyover detail to view these foods.

Try This

If you are under in a nutrient, and want to see other examples of foods that will improve your GMI and contain relatively high levels of the nutrient you selected, click the Try This button.

A list of foods (both your foods and New Foods to Try) will appear as recommendations to improve your GMI and make-up for the given nutrient that you are lacking. Scroll down in each list to see more foods.