Use your phone to stay healthy with
18 of the best health and fitness apps.
Apps aren’t just for tech geeks. My first
step towards losing some lingering weight began when I downloaded SparkPeople
Diet & Food Tracker onto my cellphone. With it, I could work out how many
kJ were in my morning croissant (at 1 300kJ, it was a little depressing) and
what to eat to lose my tummy tyre. It could even calculate when I’d reach my
goal weight – which thankfully coincided with my best friend’s wedding.
Of course, it isn’t a magic solution, bit
it makes the hard work seem easier and more quantifiable.
Ensure you don’t miss out on these
new-generation benefits by trying one of these tip-knotch heath apps that we’re
tracked down specially for you…
1. Diagnose symptons
Android:
WebMd
WebMd
Android App
Get access to a wide range of health
support tolls including a symptom checker, and first-aid information.
You can quickly access critical information
without having to be connected to the internet.
Apple:
SymptomMD
Apple
Store - SyptomMD
Tap in your symptoms and answer the
questions to find out how urgently you need help, or how to treat the problem.
There’s also a link to the Pediatric SymptomMD app for parents.
Black
Berry: Common Symptom Guide
It evaluates patients and includes lists of
questions, physical findings, and diagnoses for more than 100 common adult and
paediatric symptoms.
Common
Symptom Guide
2. Find your healthy weight
Android: FatSecret Calorie Counter
Use the database food listing to calculate
calories and add it to a food journal. There’s also an exercise journal, weight
tracker and a personal journal function.
FatSecret
Calorie Counter
Apple: Calorie Counter from the Lance
Armstrong Foundation’s livestrong.com
Track your calories, fat, carbs and protein
intake, and calculate calories burnt for a variety of exercises. Use it with
the website support forums and Q&A function.
Calorie
Counter from the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s livestrong.com
Back Berry: Calorie Counter and Diet
Tracker by MyFitnessPal
The database of food listing and exercise
entries allows you to easily track your weight-loss progress. It also remembers
favourite snacks and meals, and saves them for easy reference, plus you’ll get
support from easy reference, plus you’ll get support from the myfiness.com
community. Multiply by 4.2 to get kilojoule amount.
Calorie
Counter and Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal
3. Monitor your heart
Android: Cardiograph
Select your phone’s built-in camera tool to
get a reading within 60 seconds. Cover the screen with a fingertip to measure
your heart rate beats per minute (BPM). Plus you can read insightful heart
facts.
Cardiograph
app
Apple: Heart Fitness by SensCare
Uses the same technology as the android app
and measures your heart rate with a built-in camera
Heart
Fitness by SensCare
Black Berry: HandyLOgs Heart, Blood
Pressure and Cholesterol Tracker
Log your BPM readings and cholesterol
count, and visualize heart health through graphs with recommended limits. You
can save data online at handylogs.com
HandyLOgs
Heart, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Tracker
