Calorie counting method and apparatus

The method of measuring the caloric content of an entire meal, which comprises the steps of:

• (a) arranging food on a plate in different parallel zones extending at right angles to a line connecting two opposite sides of the plate, the calories per gram of food placed in said different zones increasing from one side of the plate to the other;
• (b) placing said food carrying plate on a pivotally mounted member with the zone thereof corresponding to the least calories per gram being positioned adjacent the pivoted end of said member, and
• (c) weighing said food carrying plate by connecting a scale to said pivotally mounted member at a point remote from said pivoted end thereof.

The method of measuring the caloric content of an entire meal, which comprises the steps of:

• (a) arranging food on a plate in different parallel zones extending at right angles to a line connecting two opposite sides of the plate, the calories per gram of food placed in said different zones increasing from one side of the plate to the other;
• (b) placing said food carrying plate on a pivotally mounted member with the zone thereof corresponding to the least calories per gram being positioned adjacent the pivoted end of said member, and
• (c) weighing said food carrying plate by connecting a scale to said pivotally mounted member at a point adjacent the zone of said plate corresponding to the greatest calories per gram.