1. Fooducate
This app is a savior for those of us who don't want to spend forever trying to decipher ingredients lists and nutrition charts. Fooducate rates food items on a A to D scale. Yes, it literally grades your food. If you're curious about a food product's rating, just use the app's bar code scanner or search it up in the database. It quickly sums up the food's good and bad points so you can instantly find out how healthy (or not) the food is.
2. MyFitnessPal
This app works as a daily journal to track your health and fitness. You can use it to log in your meals and exercise. MyFitnessPal is great for those who are starting a healthy lifestyle as it keeps your accountable for your diet and exercise goals. What I love the most about this app is that it breaks down your daily nutrient intake so you can see if you're lacking in a vitamins, minerals, protein, carbs, etc.
*My reservation with MyFitnessPal is that this app can be abused as a calorie tracker. My recommendation is that you don't use this as a calorie tracker but as nutrient tracker. Make sure you meet the daily nutrient requirements. If you're prone to counting and restricting calories, please skip this app as it may trigger those behaviors.
3. SparkRecipes
With this app, you can browse through hundreds of healthy recipes filtered by ingredients or dietary needs. Got a bunch of asparagus sitting in the fridge that you don't know what to do with? Simply search up asparagus and choose from a wide selection of user-rated recipes. I admit, I often browse through the recipes when I'm bored. It's helped me find ways to use up all sorts of random things in my fridge. You don't have to be a gourmet cook to use this app since most of the recipes are fairly simple!
All of these apps are available on iPhone, Android, and online.
Healthy eating is super easy once you have your phone as an ally. With these apps, you can easily see how you're doing nutrition-wise.
Stay beautiful,
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