Nutrition Apps & Websites
MyFitnessPal
- Online interface
- Synchronized smartphone app
This interface tracks macronutrients (protein/carb/fat) and a handful of micronutrients. Input your foods into a daily diary to track your daily calorie intake. Input your workouts and exercise to track the calories you burn. Adjust your macronutrient ratios, generate time-lapse reports for weight gain or loss, and enter your own recipes.
Focus: Monitor calories eaten and calories burned in exercise in regards to weight
This interface is ideal if you:
- want your food diary available on both a computer and on a smartphone app
- eat packaged foods with barcodes
- synchronize your food diary with your other fitness apps
- want to use the same interface to track the calories you burn during workouts
- enjoy a social aspect, connecting with other members for support
Wholesome
- Smartphone app
A smartphone app that tracks macronutrients, all the micronutrients, and calories eaten. Customize your own macronutrient ratios, input your own recipes, easily search for foods & ingredients by color, and research specific nutrients to find out which foods they’re contained in. Based on your food diary, the app provides “Suggestions to eat next” to meet your recommended daily intake of vitamins and nutrients.
Focus: Optimize nutrient intake through whole foods and health-promoting recipes
This app is ideal if you:
- eat primarily whole, unprocessed foods
- cook at home most of the time
- want detailed information about micronutrients in food sources
- don’t mind exclusively using your smartphone for food diary and nutrition research (no website)
- aren’t concerned with tracking calories burned during workouts, or are tracking elsewhere
Cronometer
- Online interface
- Synchronized smartphone app
This interface is like a blend between MyFitnessPal and Wholesome. It offers a lot more information regarding micronutrients and basal metabolic rate than MyFitnessPal, but still emphasizes weight loss goals and does not provide the recipes or nutrition suggestions that Wholesome does. Link to Fitbit, Withings, or Jawbone fitness trackers.
Focus: Monitor calories eaten, nutrients, and calories burned to track weight loss
Additional Nutrition Websites & Apps
Fooducate
- Online interface
- Smartphone app
Compare items on supermarket shelves to see which foods have more nutrients and fewer additives
SparkPeople
- Online interface
- Smartphone app
Track weight loss and access dozens of resources about health & fitness
LoseIt
- Online interface
- Smartphone app
Track weight loss, count calories, and connect with other users
FatSecret
- Smartphone app only
Track weight loss, count calories, and connect with other users
This list was kindly compiled by Caroline Hinchliff, a graduate of the Nutrition masters program at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland. She is completed her internship at The Benchmark Clinic of Integrative Medicine in NW Portland.
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October 26, 2016