The other suggestions for whole wheat bread or dried dates makes more nutritional sense. One day advice for carbs included honey I’ve never recommended that someone add honey to their diet for the carbohydrate because it’s an added sugar.Does 30 minutes of light running really equal 4 carrots? Or 2 hours of hiking 6 servings of Coca-Cola? Equating the number of minutes of exercise to a food with similar calories I feel takes away from the importance of exercise outside of burning calories.The app thought the raw, cut-up celery slices was some type of processed food. Taking a photo of a food doesn’t always work out.I have no idea how many grams or ounces of foods like granola or ground flaxseeds I ate. Often the optional serving sizes don’t include cups or teaspoons.Adding each ingredient from one of my own recipes is time-consuming and there isn’t an option to create and save my own recipes.There are a variety of recipes, but it would be easier to be able to search for recipes by ingredients vs scrolling through the options by meal.Fresh fruit and vegetables and chicken and seafood that I plan to cook myself required that I either take a photo of the food or type in the name of the food and then scroll through the options. Scanning a barcode is the easiest and most accurate way to enter foods –- but many of the foods I routinely eat don’t have a barcode.There is an option to message or live chat with a registered dietitian for more personalized guidance.For fiber, it recommends leeks, strawberries, and cucumbers for fiber. The daily assessment also provides suggestions for macronutrients such as hazelnut oil, rapeseed oil, or avocado for fats.It also gives advice for changes to the "less" foods in this case it listed drinks I’ve never heard of.The daily assessment gives feedback “Well done, you’ve reached your goal!” as well as ‘"yes" (blueberries are good because anti-fatigue, anti-infectious, increases iron absorption) and ‘"less" (avoid margarita because contains alcohol, high sugar content, risk of weight gain).You can also track daily exercise and learn the number of calories burned.For green beans: regulates blood sugar, facilitates digestion, good for digestion.For a margarita: risk of weight gain, high sugar content, contains alcohol.Full nutrient profile for the food in the amount chosen is also listed. For blueberries: increases iron absorption, high sugar content, rich in Vitamin C.Click on an individual food and "input and benefits" pops up.Scroll down, and you’ll find specific nutrient breakdown for that meal for vitamins and minerals as well as sugar, polyols, alcohol and water.After logging each meal, a breakdown of the calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate and fiber amounts is provided.While most of the recipes have a green smiling face, there are some that have an orange frown rating, reinforcing the idea that all foods fit into a healthy diet in moderation. The recipes provide nutrition information per person, preparation time, cook time, and difficulty rating along with directions and nutrition information. Foodvisor sends reminders in the app to log food choices for meals and gives helpful motivational feedback such as “We believe in you, you’ll do better tomorrow.”.Scanning a barcode is the easiest and most accurate way to enter foods.Overall, I found the app fairly easy to navigate. Now that we know that food tracking apps can have an impact on health and we've explored an overview of Foodvisor, one of the most popular apps, it's time to dig into the pros and cons of this particular tool.
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