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MyPlate.food nutrition tools

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USDA nutrition calculators + the preserved MyPlate Kitchen recipes; source-cited, machine-verified.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.myplate.food. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http myplate-food-nutrition-tools https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • calculate_bmi — Compute Body Mass Index and its weight classification from height and weight alone. Adults use the WHO cutoffs (underweight / normal / overw
  • calculate_body_fat — Estimate body-fat % using the U.S. Navy circumference method, with a Deurenberg BMI-based cross-check and ACE category. Needs sex, age, heig
  • calculate_body_metric — Run one of myplate.food's quick body-composition & fitness calculators and get its value plus the healthy band. Pick `metric` and pass that
  • calculate_myplate_plan — Estimate daily calorie needs (IOM Estimated Energy Requirement) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level: cups of fruit/veg
  • calculate_calorie_needs — Use this when you want the whole energy picture in one call. Returns resting metabolic rate (Mifflin-St Jeor) and revised Harris-Benedict, t
  • calculate_bmr — Compute basal/resting metabolic rate: the calories your body burns at rest. Returns the headline Mifflin-St Jeor (1990) value plus the revis
  • calculate_tdee — Use this when you need maintenance calories: the total daily energy expenditure. Mifflin-St Jeor resting metabolic rate scaled by a physical
  • calculate_calorie_deficit — Use this when someone wants a weight-loss calorie target. Returns maintenance calories (TDEE) and up to three deficit tiers: mild (−250), st
  • calculate_macros — Split a daily calorie budget into protein, carbohydrate and fat grams across three presets. Balanced (20/50/30) sits inside the IOM acceptab
  • calculate_protein_target — Daily protein target in grams from body weight and activity level: the IOM RDA for the life stage (0.8 g/kg for adults; 0.85 at 14 to 18, 1.
  • calculate_ideal_weight — Estimate ideal body weight from height and sex via four classic clinical formulas (Devine 1974, Robinson 1983, Miller 1983, Hamwi 1964), plu
  • calculate_glp1_protein — Protein target to preserve muscle during weight loss on a GLP-1 medication (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro): the 1.2 to 1.6 g/kg preser
  • calculate_dach_energy — Daily energy requirement for the German/Austrian DGE/ÖGE framework: resting energy via the Müller et al. (2004) equation the DGE uses, scale
  • calculate_dri — Return the full Dietary Reference Intakes table for a life stage: recommended intakes and tolerable upper limits for macronutrients, vitamin
  • search_recipes — Search the ~1,072-recipe USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection (public domain). Filter by free-text query, ingredients on hand, food group, dish c
  • get_recipe — Fetch one recipe by its slug: ingredients, directions, full USDA nutrition table, MyPlate food-group amounts, serving size, yield, rating, i

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