The start of August signals the end of summer is coming. Kids are heading back to school, fall activities are starting up, and football season kicks off. The “lazy days of summer” give way to the busy days of fall. If you’re finding it hard to stay focused on your health, apps for your phone can help.
In this issue, I am sharing a few popular food, nutrition, and recipe apps that make focusing on your health easy and fun.
Explore the different options and if you have a favorite app not listed below, send my way!
Stephanie
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Nutrition & Fitness Apps to Keep You Healthy
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My Fitness Pal
- Over 2 million foods in the database
- Allows you to set goals, track notes, and make additional comments
- Tracks calorie, macronutrients, vitamins, and mineral intake as well as calorie/activity burn
- Keeps track of what you eat on a regular basis, saving time because you do not have to “search” for the food every time you need to add it
- You can add “friends” who can then view your progress (without seeing your actual weight), and you can leave encouraging words and comments for each other
- Stand out feature: Can “friend” your dietitian so they can see your eating and activities
Fooducate
- Fooducate helps you lose weight, eat real food, and track your progress
- Has a unique feature that grades your food and explains what is in each product, and even offers healthier alternatives so it encourages healthy eating along with calorie counting
- Provides GMO information
- Scan a barcode of your food and you will instantly learn about the pros and cons of the food item
- Analyzes information found in the nutrition panel and ingredient list
- Stand out feature: Not only track calories, but also educates on the quality of the calories being consumed
LifeSum
- Focuses on overall self-care to help you achieve goals related to health and weight
- Helps you find a diet that fits your lifestyle and goals
- Can scan the barcodes on foods to track what you’re eating
- Tracks exercise, food, and how much water you drink
- Includes over 100 recipes
- Allows you to add your own foods and recipes
- Stand out feature: Creates a meal plan for 7 to 21 days by asking questions about your goals, type of food preferences (vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian, none), what type of diet you like (keto, paleo, low carb, clean eating, etc.), and whether or not you want a meal plan or tips and more to make personalized food and meal recommendations.
Ate Food Journal
- Takes a mindful, intuitive, and body positive approach to health
- Focuses on the “why” behind your eating rather than counting calories
- Promotes positive self-talk and being mindful about your eating
- Easy to enter foods - it only takes 3 taps to log a food
- Tracks more than just food; you can also track feelings, water and beverages, activity, and notes
- Can be shared with friends or your dietitian
- Stand out feature: Does not count calories, helping to focus on developing a healthy relationship with food and your body
Lose It
- Food and fitness journal that connects with the people you need to reach your goals
Sends weekly reports to dietitian of food and exercise log
- Extensive database of foods
- Recipe builder, so that you can add and customize personal recipes
- Connects social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter
- Stand out feature: Premium upgrade gets you a personalized plan, connects with other health and fitness apps, and enhances your experience with links to fitness trackers, Apple Health, Google Fit, and more
Evernote
- A non-traditional use of the business-friendly app “Evernote” but is a very effective and easy way to track food intake
- Make notes that include text or images (take pictures of amount eaten or nutrition label of new food)
- Does not calculate calorie intake or exercise calories burned
- Notes can be personalized to include the information you want to track
- Stand out feature: Tags can be used to organize your notes in an easy, sharable notebook for anyone to review
*Prices not included
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More Apps to Keep You Healthy!
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All Recipes: With over 45,000 member-tested recipes, this app is a must-have! You can search recipes based on the ingredients you have on hand, and specific dietary restrictions such as gluten-free, low carb, or low sodium. All recipes come with estimated prep time as well as reviews from other members. There is a “Pro” version with enhanced features for an additional cost.
NYT Cooking: Has an extensive list of recipes that can be easily searched by ingredient (so you can cook out of your pantry), type of cuisine, cooking method, and more. A subscription also includes newsletters full of meal ideas for each week and the weekend. Even better, there are tutorials to help you become more comfortable in the kitchen and a better cook. You can access this in the app on your phone, tablet, or computer — one subscription covers them all.
Spinning Meals: If you struggle with “what’s for dinner” every week, this may be a fun app to use! With one simple spin, the app will generate your dinner “menu” and will even supply you with the corresponding recipes and shopping list!
Food Allergy and Sensitivity Apps:
- mySymptoms Food Diary
- AllergyEats
- ContentChecked
- Spokin
Eating Disorder and Recovery Apps:
- Recovery Record - Eating Disorder Management
- Rise Up + Recover
- MindShift CBT
Apps for Diabetes and Heart Disease
- BlueStar Diabetes
- Glucose Buddy
- Cholesterol Down on the Go
- Meal Planner Pro (includes heart-healthy recipes)
- Blood Pressure Tracker
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Featured Recipe
Grilled Banana and Greens Salad
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Recipe by Dole
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 3 firm DOLE® Bananas, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1/4 lb. DOLE® Asparagus, woody ends trimmed
- 2 small heads or 1 large head DOLE® Romaine, washed and chopped
- 1/3 cup walnut pieces
- 3 oz. blue cheese, crumbled
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup DOLE® Blackberries
Directions
Spray banana slices and asparagus with olive oil spray. Grill on both sides and remove from heat. Cut asparagus into 1-inch pieces and set aside.
Chop romaine into bite-size pieces and combine with walnuts, blue cheese, banana, and asparagus in a large bowl.
Combine olive oil, lemon juice, and lemon peel in a small bowl. Whisk until blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Pour dressing over salad and gently toss.
Divide salad between six serving plates and top with blackberries.
Makes 6 servings
Nutrition Facts: Nutrition facts for 8 ounces: 230 calories, 16 gm fat, 4 gm saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 210 mg sodium, 21 gm carbohydrates, 5 gm fiber, 7 gm protein
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About SO Nutrition
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Stephanie Leipprandt Ouellette, MBA, RDN, LD Stephanie has been working in the field of nutrition and dietetics since 1995. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Michigan State University, completed an Approved Pre-Professional Practice Program at Western Michigan University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Baker College. She’s been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist since 1996 and licensed in Texas since 2007. In 2008, Stephanie earned her certification in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management. Stephanie has extensive clinical & managerial experience, both in corporate settings and in the community. Now she wants to share her knowledge with you, because most (if not all) nutritional habits begin at home.
Stephanie and her family reside in Katy, Texas
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