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− | '''Diet tracking tools''' help when engaging in the common practice of diet tracking, whether for weight-loss or in relation to health issues and chronic conditions that require particular diets. A variety of tools try to enable the tracking of food eaten, often attached to databases that enable additional data such as calories, macro/micronutrients and other things. Additionally, they can allow tracking micronutrients which are supplemented with [[Supplements]].
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− | ==Types of data recorded by diet tracking tools== | + | {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px;" |
− | What exactly is recorded by the tools can depend on the exact tool used, but recorded information includes:
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− | | + | !<small>quantity timestamp export</small> |
− | *calorie intake
| + | !<small>notes</small> |
− | * macronutrients: carbs, proteins, fats
| + | !<small>offline</small> |
− | *micronutrients: iron, calcium, vitamin D, etc.
| + | !<small>Price &</small> |
− | *brands and manufacturers
| + | <small>paywall</small> |
− | *Degree of processing<ref>https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova</ref>
| + | !<small>search fave/recent barcode</small> |
− | Potentially information that is not yet noticed in any app is price of food, what is available in fridge, enjoyment, circumstances, environment surrounding eating.
| + | !<small>detailnutrition serv.choiceselect customfood</small> |
− | | + | !<small>water</small> |
− | ==Projects and results from these tools==
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− | *Greg Pomerantz [https://sethroberts.net/2012/11/07/journal-of-personal-science-how-much-salt-should-i-eat/ tracked the impact of sodium/salt in his diet on blood pressure and other metrics]
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− | *[[Quantified Diabetes]] did some rigorous tests on the impact of different diets on blood glucose
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− | *Winslow Strong used diet tracking in [[MyFitnessPal]] to [https://quantifiedself.com/show-and-tell/?project=155 observe how a low carbohydrate/paleo diet impacted his body]
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− | ==Patients and communities that need these tools==
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− | Weight loss<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/nutrition/</ref>is a very common goal. Additionally, there are communities affected by stomach and liver problems for which diet tracking is relevant<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/ScientificNutrition/wiki/index</ref><ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/FoodNerds/top/</ref>.
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− | ==Diets==
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− | There are many different diets for which tracking food intake will be relevant, e.g.
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− | *Keto<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ketoscience/wiki/index</ref>
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− | *Intermittent Fasting<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/fasting/wiki/fasting_in_a_nutshell/dangers_of_dry_fasting</ref>
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− | *Juicing<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Juicing/top/</ref>
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− | * Plant Based<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/PlantBasedDiet/top/</ref>
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− | ==Tips and guides to using diet tracking tools==
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− | Typically most tools are somewhat self-explanatory after installation. Beyond this, there are some tips and advice on how to consistently track diet:
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− | * Buying a kitchen scale can be useful to accurately track the amounts eaten, in particular if you cook yourself or eat at restaurants that don't have standard food quantities. Fractions of a package too.
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− | *Frequently, people engaging in diet tracking find that the manual labor of recording their diets becomes too onerous and quit after a few months. [[User:DG|DG]] suggests regularly repeating meals as this a) speeds up the speed of logging data as it will be a 'recently used meal' (e.g. as available in the tool [[Bitesnap]]) and b) also can help find patterns in the data. Wildly inaccurate measurements are still better than nothing, especially for things like eliminating a food as a problem.
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− | == Table of common diet tracking tools==
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− | This table is adapted from the [[Quantified Self]] forums<ref>https://forum.quantifiedself.com/t/recommended-food-tracking-apps/252/38</ref> and might in places be outdated. Empty cells are unknown information. Yellow check-marks indicate some basic functionality of this type. The different columns indicate:
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− | * '''Quantity''': Allows changing food quantities
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− | * '''Timestamp''': Gives a detailed timestamp on when food was eaten
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− | * '''Export''': Allows exporting data in the form of a file
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− | * '''Notes''': Entries have a free-text field to give additional information (e.g. where it was eaten, whether tasty or not…)
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− | * '''Offline''': Does the app (mostly) work when not being online?
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− | * '''Price''': How much does the app or a subscription to it cost?
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− | * '''Search''': Can one search by food name?
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− | * '''Favorite/Recent''': In the menu to add food, is there the list of foods ordered by most likely?
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− | * '''Barcode''': Can food be searched by scanning the barcode on it?
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− | * '''Micronutrients''': Does the app include details on micronutrients?
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− | * '''User-added food''': Does the app include user contributions to expand their food database?
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− | * '''Custom food''': Can you add your own food that's missing from the database?
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− | * '''Water''': Does it allow tracking water intake
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− | A table of common diet-tracking tools.
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− | !Tool
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− | !Quantity
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− | !Timestamps
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− | !Data export
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− | !Notes
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− | !Offline
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− | !Price
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− | !Search
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− | !Favorite/Recent
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− | !Barcode
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− | !Micronutrients
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− | ! User-added food
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− | !Custom food
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− | !Water tracking
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− | |[[Bitesnap]] | + | |looseit |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |n |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y y |
− | |free | + | | w n ? |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | | p |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |[[MyNetDiary]] | + | |fooducate |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n p |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |n |
− | |Paid | + | | |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y y |
− | |$50 / year | + | | y n y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |[[Waistline]] | + | |cronometer |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y p p |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |p |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y y |
− | |open source | + | | y y y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |[[Cronometer]] | + | |fatsecret |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n ? |
− | |Paid | + | |n |
− | |Paid | + | | |
− | |Paid
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y w |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y n |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | w |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |[[MyFitnessPal]] | + | |myfitnesspal |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y p w |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |w |
− | |Paid | + | |w |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | |40/y |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
| + | | y y y |
− | |$40 / year
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− | |{{Ya}}
| + | | y |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |[[LooseIt]] | + | |eathismuch |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n ? |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |? |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | |
− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}} | + | | w y w |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | w y y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |[[SparklePeople]] | + | |mynetdairy |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n ? |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |n |
− | |Paid | + | |y |
− | |{{Na}}
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| + | | y y y |
| + | | w |
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| + | |bitesnap |
| + | | y y y |
| + | |y |
| + | |y |
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| + | | w y y |
| + | | y y n |
| + | | w |
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| + | |glucosebuddy |
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− | |{{Ya}} | + | | w y y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y n |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |Fooducate | + | |my diet diary |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n ? |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |n |
− | |Paid | + | |w |
− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y y y |
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |FatSecret | + | |MyPlate |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | y n ? |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |n |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | |w |
− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{Ya}} | + | | w n y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | ? |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |EatThisMuch | + | |smartplate |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | | n n ? |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |n |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | | |
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | | n n ? |
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− | |Glucose Buddy | + | | openfoodfacts |
− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | | n n y |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |n |
− | |{{Na}} | + | | |
− | |{{Na}} | + | |O |
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}} | + | | n most detailed database |
− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{Na}}
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− | |My Diet Diary | + | |Waistline |
− | |{{Ya}} | + | |y n y |
− | |{{Na}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | |{{Ya}}
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− | |{{MaybeCheck}}
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− | === Databases === | + | * '''quantity''' = allows changing quantity |
− | https://www.foodrepo.org/ Community-driven for barcoded food products.
| + | * '''timestamp''' = includes detailed to the minute timestamps |
− | | + | * '''export''' = allows exporting |
− | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ Open source collaborative originally from France. Derived scores for amount of processing and nutritional quality.
| + | * '''notes''' = allows writing down how tasty the food was or where it was bought or what brand of generic food was purchased. |
− | | + | * '''offline''' = does not require connection to internet for some or almost all of their features to work. |
− | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ US government.
| + | * '''Price''' = Apps can require continuous payment (such as MFP requiring 40$ per year), one time upfront cost, free and one is even open source. The amount of features walled off from non paying users also varies. |
− | | + | ** '''O''' = Open Source |
− | ===References=== | + | ** '''F''' = Free |
− | <references />
| + | ** '''/y''' = per year. |
− | | + | * '''search''' = search by name |
− | | + | * '''fave/recent''' = can repeat popular/recent |
| + | * '''barcode''' = can find food by scanning barcode (usually requires online connectivity) |
| + | * '''detailnutrition''' = Detail of nutrition tracked varies between apps as some track just macronutrients while others go into greater detail. |
| + | * '''serv.choiceselect''' = Some apps use user contributions to populate their database of foods while others use formal databases like USDA. |
| + | * '''customfood''' = Some apps do not allow entering custom foods |
| + | * '''y''' = Yes, has feature. |
| + | * '''n''' = does not. ’ ’ is same as '''n''' |
| + | * '''p''' = feature requires membership |
| + | * '''w''' = the feature exists but is not as good as a '''y''' |
| + | * '''?''' = I do not know. |
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− | [[Category:Topics]]
| + | Source: https://forum.quantifiedself.com/t/recommended-food-tracking-apps/252/38 (May 2019) |