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Nutrition is included on every coach plan.

## The Nutrition page

**Nutrition** in the sidebar has three tabs:

| Tab | Contains |
| --- | --- |
| Plans | Reusable nutrition plans |
| Recipes | Meals built from ingredients |
| Ingredients | Individual foods with their macros |

The **Straton Kitchen** button opens Straton's ready-made ingredients and
recipes. Search, filter by kind (Recipes, Ingredients, Grocery, Restaurants) or
by macros, and add items to your library.

## Plan types

| Type | What the client gets |
| --- | --- |
| Meal plan | Meals with specific foods and portions. Each meal can offer alternative options |
| Macro plan, by meal | A macro target for each meal, without specific foods |
| Macro plan, total only | Daily calories, protein, carbs and fat, with no meals |

## Creating a plan

1. On **Plans**, click **New plan**.
2. Enter a name and choose the plan type. For a macro plan, choose **By meal** or
   **Total only**.
3. Click **Create plan**.

Then, depending on the type:

- **Meal plan.** Click **Add meal** (for example Breakfast, Lunch, Pre-workout).
  Inside a meal, use **Add food** to pick from **My Library** or **Straton
  Kitchen**, and **Add option** to give the client an alternative.
- **Macro plan by meal.** Add meals and set protein, carbs, fat and calories for
  each, plus an optional coaching note.
- **Total only.** Set the daily protein, carbs, fat and calories.

The plan menu has **Rename plan** and **Archive plan**. Archiving removes a plan
from your active library.

## Ingredients

Click **New ingredient** on the Ingredients tab.

- Name (required), brand and description (optional).
- Serving unit and amount. Units include grams, millilitres, ounces, cups,
  tablespoons, teaspoons, serving, piece, slice, scoop and common package sizes.
- Protein, carbs, fat and calories per serving.

## Recipes

Click **New recipe** on the Recipes tab.

- Image (JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF, up to 10 MB), name, categories and a short
  description.
- **Suggest** proposes categories for you.
- **Ingredients**: add from your library or the Straton Kitchen. Each ingredient
  can have a cooking method and a note.
- **Macros**: **Auto from ingredients** calculates them for you, adjusted for the
  cooking method. **Manual** lets you type them.
- **Instructions**: preparation and serving notes for the client.

Categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Pre-workout, Post-workout,
Supplement, Drink, Other.

Deleting a recipe or ingredient archives it. Meals the client already logged keep
their details.

## Giving a client a plan

1. Open the client and go to the **Nutrition** tab.
2. Open **Client plans**.
3. Either:
   - **Assign from library** to copy one of your plans or a Straton plan, or
   - **New plan** to build one just for this client.
4. Open the plan and click **Set active**.

Important:

- A plan is **not active** until you click **Set active**. The client only
  follows the active plan.
- A client has one active plan at a time. Setting a plan active deactivates the
  previous one.
- The client's plan is their own copy. If you later change the library plan,
  open the client's plan and use **Sync changes**.
- Deleting a client's plan is permanent.
- The client is not sent a notification when a nutrition plan is assigned or
  activated. Let them know in Messages.

## Following a client's nutrition

The client's **Nutrition** tab has:

- **Nutrition insights**: today's intake, calorie adherence, macro adherence,
  macro mix, meal timing, most-logged items and recent logs. Choose 30 days, 90
  days or all time.
- **Client plans**: the plans assigned to this client.
- **Client foods**: custom foods and recipes the client created in the app.

You can also log a meal on a client's behalf from the plan page.

## Roles

Owners, admins, lead coaches and coaches can create and edit ingredients,
recipes and plans. Staff can view them.

## Common questions

**My client can't see their nutrition plan.**
Open the client's plan and check that it is set active.

**My client sees "No plan yet" in the app.**
No plan is active for them. Assign one and click **Set active**.

**Can I set macros without writing meals?**
Yes. Use a macro plan with **Total only**.

**Can clients log foods that aren't in my plan?**
Yes. Clients can search the food library, create custom foods and build recipes
in the app. What they create appears under **Client foods**.

**Does Straton give nutrition advice to my clients?**
No. For coached clients, the coach sets the plan and targets. Coaches are
responsible for working within their own scope of practice. See
[Health and safety](/policies/health-and-safety).