Love your iPad, iPad mini, Samsung Galaxy, iPhone 4, 5, 6 (I
lost count), Kindle Fire, and the rest of the gadgets? Here are 5 reasons to love them more!
My favorite apps for
food and health are:
Foodle- Loooove
this app! You search a food (whole and even some processed) and it gives you the
nutrition facts for the particular food.
For example, search “broccoli” (by the way, it gives you variations
like, raw, cooked, leaves, stalks, which I think it’s awesome!) and there:
“Nutrition Facts” for 1 cup chopped. (Vitamin C- 135% whoah! gonna get me some
broccoli today!)
You can also search foods by nutrient. Say you’ve been told
to eat more “selenium” just search by “selenium” and it will list the foods in order
of highest to lowest and how much per serving.
Price: $6.99- A bit overpriced but…I find it VERY helpful!
Fooducate- this one
is great to have on your phone. You can
scan a product’s barcode in the grocery store (or anywhere, of course) and it
will give it a health grade (A, B, C…), explain what's really
inside each product, pros and cons, and offer healthier alternatives. Don’t
see a specific food? submit it for analysis. You can also share your feedback
with the community, which is always great fun to read! Additionally, It has a
feature to track your diet, calorie quality, and exercise.
Price:
Free… No brainer!
Superfood- this
one is neat; not as great, but interesting and educational. It lists what the author calls “super foods”
and gives you a description of what it is and why they are good. I personally
don’t like the word “super food” and don’t believe any food is really “super”
or “superior” but…I’ll leave that for a later blog post. In any case, when you hear about a certain
“super food” (you know, the weird stuff like spirulina, wheatgrass, noni,
maca, nettles, etc..) you can search here and it will say what it is and its
health benefits.
Price: $0.99- Priced right!
Healing Foods-
this comes from the book “Encyclopedia of Healing Foods” by Michael T. Murray. It
lists hundreds of foods (whole, that is) in alphabetical order and will tell
you its health benefits, nutritional highlights, preparation etc.. It also has a tab for common ailments and
will give you “healing foods” for the specific ailment as well as signs, symptoms,
causes… Informative on a basic level but
very nicely done!
Price: $1.99
Yoga Studio- I’ve
been looking for a good yoga app for years, and I finally found it! It has ready-made
studio classes in different categories (beginner, intermediate, relaxing,
balancing, etc..) so you can find one right for you! Or you can search for
classes by ability, focus, intensity, and duration. You can schedule your classes and transfer to
your calendar so you hold yourself accountable! It also has a “poses library” with detailed instructions on how
to do the poses and practice safety. The instructor’s voice and the
instrumental music are relaxing, which I appreciate, it is what yoga should
be- (no, we are not supposed to be doing yoga while listening to Rihanna!) and
instructions are simple but good. You
can do these classes at home, travelling, and with or without your Lululemon
clothes! Completely non-competitive as well. Price: $2.99 of free classes forever?!? Awesome deal!
Do you know any good health, wellness, recipe, or fitness apps?? Share with us, please!
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