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Nutritionist software in Tunisia: what it should actually do
A dietitian or nutritionist in Tunisia? What software should do for your meal plans: automatic calculations, allergy checks, Tunisian meals, a client app and payments in dinars.
Nutritionist software is a tool that builds your clients' meal plans, calculates their calories and macronutrients, checks their allergies and tracks what they actually eat between two consultations. In Tunisia, many dietitians still build plans in Word or Excel, send them as PDFs on WhatsApp, and redo the maths by hand every time something changes.
That works with ten clients. With forty, every recipe change becomes an evening of recalculating, and an allergy written in a notebook eventually gets missed in a plan. Here is what software should do for you, point by point.
The maths happens on its own, from real foods
You pick a food and a quantity, in grams by default, or a serving of a recipe. The software calculates each meal and the day's total (calories, protein, carbs and fat) against the client's target. Edit a food in your library and every recipe that uses it recalculates.
One detail matters: a target whose calories do not match its macro grams should be flagged, not silently corrected. In Suivi, a gap of more than 10% shows a warning and the decision stays yours.
Allergies are checked before the plan goes out
The client declares their allergies in the intake questionnaire. Good software links them to a list of allergens and checks every ingredient before the plan is sent. In Suivi, a conflicting ingredient blocks publishing, and an ingredient whose safety is unknown asks you for an explicit review. The check follows the ingredient itself, not the dish's name.
Meals that look like the client's life
A plan that gets followed is a realistic plan. Check that you can:
- save your own recipes, such as ojja, chorba or couscous, with their servings;
- rename the day's meals, for example Suhoor and Iftar during Ramadan, or six small meals for an athlete;
- offer up to three options for the same meal, so the client chooses without messaging you;
- repeat a week or alternate two weeks (A/B) across a plan of several weeks.
The client carries the plan
A PDF sent on WhatsApp gets lost in the conversation. The client should open today's plan on their phone, see their options and log what they actually ate. On your side, the published plan gives a grocery list and a printable version, with no ingredients to copy out.
What the client logs must stay separate from what you prescribed. In Suivi, an unreported meal is never counted as zero, and your screen shows planned against actual. Meal photos are evidence; Suivi does not make up calories from a photo.
Follow-up between consultations
The consultation lasts an hour; the result happens on the other six days. Look for scheduled check-ins (plan adherence, water, hunger, energy), automatic reminders for those who have not answered, and measurements such as weight and waist that feed a chart instead of sitting in a message.
What the tool should handle besides nutrition
| Need | With WhatsApp and Excel | With nutrition software |
|---|---|---|
| Macro calculation | By hand, redone after every change | Automatic, per meal and per day |
| Allergies | In a notebook or in your memory | Checked for every ingredient before sending |
| The client's plan | A PDF lost in the chat | In the app, with today's options |
| What the client ate | "It went fine" | Planned against actual, meal by meal |
| Check-ins | Chasing one by one | Scheduled, with reminders |
| Payments | A separate spreadsheet | Packs in dinars, D17, Flouci, Konnect, cash |
A mode built for nutritionists
Many coaching tools are made for training first, with nutrition as one tab. In Suivi, a nutrition practice sees the meal planner straight in its menu, creates plans from there, and its dashboard shows meal activity first. The training side stays out of the way if you do not use it.
Suivi IA can prepare a draft plan from your library of foods and recipes, taking the client's targets and allergies into account. The server recalculates and checks the draft, then you review it: the AI never publishes a plan by itself.
Questions to ask before choosing
- Are calories and macros calculated per meal and per day, against a target?
- Do the intake allergies block a forbidden ingredient?
- Can I save my Tunisian recipes and rename meals (Suhoor, Iftar)?
- Does my client get an app in Arabic, French or English?
- Can I see what they actually ate, without a missed log counting as zero?
- Can I track my packs and payments in dinars in the same place?
- Is there a trial without a credit card?
Suivi answers yes to all seven. The Premium trial lasts 30 days, with no credit card, in French, English and Arabic.
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