Gluten-Free Calorie Deficit Basics Malnutrition Infographic

Educational infographic poster titled "Gluten-Free Calorie Deficit Basics" in portrait layout, with sharp, readable text labels and clear hierarchy for headings, captions, legends, and numeric callouts. Create a vintage cookbook-inspired educational infographic about calorie deficit weight loss with a warm appetizing palette: toasted cream, butter yellow, tomato red, sage green, cinnamon brown, and soft charcoal. Mood: wholesome, inviting, informative, retro kitchen poster. Include magazine-grade editorial illustration, vector-clean lines, no photographic textures. The infographic must visually communicate the concept clearly while avoiding any medical promises or weight-loss claims. Include a small corner visual cue for search intent using imagery associated with "malnutrition infographic" rendered only as symbolic visuals such as a nutrition chart, plate balance diagram, and nutrient icons, but do NOT place that phrase on the image.

Show 6 numbered components arranged in a clean top-to-bottom sequence with arrows and dotted connector lines, each number inside a retro recipe-style badge:

1. heading: "Calorie Deficit"; caption: "Using more energy than you eat is the basic idea behind weight-loss planning." Visual: a balanced kitchen scale with one side showing a labeled plate icon "Food Energy" and the other showing walking and daily activity icons labeled "Energy Used," with the output side tipping slightly toward energy used; add tiny retro calorie spark symbols and a simple legend box.

2. heading: "Gluten-Free Plate"; caption: "Choose naturally gluten-free foods such as vegetables, fruit, beans, rice, potatoes, eggs, fish, and yogurt." Visual: overhead cutaway dinner plate divided into sections with illustrated grilled salmon, roasted potatoes, leafy greens, beans, berries, and a small bowl of yogurt; add a crossed-out wheat stalk icon in the corner and small ingredient labels around the plate.

3. heading: "Portion Example"; caption: "Example portions can help illustrate calories and macros without suggesting exact needs." Visual: a vintage cookbook-style meal tray with three clearly separated dishes and measuring cups; include a side legend explicitly labeled "Example" and mini macro icons for protein, carbs, and fats next to each dish; show tidy numeric calorie tags as sample values only.

4. heading: "Macros Overview"; caption: "Protein, carbohydrates, and fats each contribute calories to a meal example." Visual: three illustrated ingredient clusters connected to a circular macro diagram: protein shown by eggs and fish, carbohydrates shown by rice and potatoes, fats shown by avocado and olive oil; each cluster points by arrows to a central ring chart with clearly readable labels and small sample calorie numbers marked as "Example."

5. heading: "Daily Pattern"; caption: "Consistent meal structure, snacks, and activity can be organized into a simple daily routine." Visual: a vertical timeline from morning to evening with icons for breakfast bowl, lunch plate, snack jar, dinner plate, and a walking shoe; use dotted lines and sequence arrows between time blocks, with small retro clock faces and checkmark markers.

6. heading: "Balanced Reminder"; caption: "A calorie-focused plan still benefits from variety, fiber, protein, and colorful nutrient-rich foods." Visual: a pantry-shelf composition with jars, produce, legumes, rice, nuts, and a recipe card next to a rainbow produce arc and a small nutrient icon strip; include a subtle caution-style note box saying "Informational Example" and a compact legend for fiber, protein, and color variety.

Add connecting flow throughout the poster using curved arrows, dotted cookbook-recipe guide lines, and sequence numbers 1 through 6. Include small inset diagrams: a calories-in versus energy-out mini chart, a gluten-free ingredient badge panel, and an "Example Macros / Calories" callout box that is very clearly labeled "Example" in English. Typography should feel like a vintage cookbook cover mixed with modern infographic clarity. Decorative elements may include recipe card borders, engraved utensil motifs, stitched panel dividers, and retro kitchen flourishes, while preserving clean readability.

All text MUST be written in English (array). Every heading, label, caption, legend and metric name in the image must be in English — not English. Spell each English word correctly using English characters and diacritics. Numbers stay as digits, no watermarks Illustrative macros / calories — clearly labeled "example". No medical or weight-loss claims.