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{{Tool Infobox
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|Related topics=Weight tracking
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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]].
==Types of data recorded by diet tracking tools==
What exactly is recorded by the tools can depend on the exact tool used, but recorded information includes:
*calorie intake
* macronutrients: carbs, proteins, fats
*micronutrients: iron, calcium, vitamin D, etc.
<small>paywall</small>
*brands and manufacturers
*Degree of processing<ref>https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova</ref>
Potentially information that is not yet noticed in any app is price of food, what is available in fridge, enjoyment, circumstances, environment surrounding eating.
==Projects and results from these tools==
*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]
*[[Quantified Diabetes]] did some rigorous tests on the impact of different diets on blood glucose
*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]
==Patients and communities that need these tools==
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>.
==Diets==
There are many different diets for which tracking food intake will be relevant, e.g.
*Keto<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ketoscience/wiki/index</ref>
*Intermittent Fasting<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/fasting/wiki/fasting_in_a_nutshell/dangers_of_dry_fasting</ref>
*Juicing<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Juicing/top/</ref>
* Plant Based<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/PlantBasedDiet/top/</ref>
==Tips and guides to using diet tracking tools==
Typically most tools are somewhat self-explanatory after installation. Beyond this, there are some tips and advice on how to consistently track diet:
* 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.
*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.
== Table of common diet tracking tools==
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:
* '''Quantity''': Allows changing food quantities
* '''Timestamp''': Gives a detailed timestamp on when food was eaten
* '''Export''': Allows exporting data in the form of a file
* '''Notes''': Entries have a free-text field to give additional information (e.g. where it was eaten, whether tasty or not…)
* '''Offline''': Does the app (mostly) work when not being online?
* '''Price''': How much does the app or a subscription to it cost?
* '''Search''': Can one search by food name?
* '''Favorite/Recent''': In the menu to add food, is there the list of foods ordered by most likely?
* '''Barcode''': Can food be searched by scanning the barcode on it?
* '''Micronutrients''': Does the app include details on micronutrients?
* '''User-added food''': Does the app include user contributions to expand their food database?
* '''Custom food''': Can you add your own food that's missing from the database?
* '''Water''': Does it allow tracking water intake
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
A table of common diet-tracking tools.
!Tool
!Quantity
!Timestamps
!Data export
!Notes
!Offline
!Price
!Search
!Favorite/Recent
!Barcode
!Micronutrients
! User-added food
!Custom food
!Water tracking
|-
|[[Bitesnap]]
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|free
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|[[MyNetDiary]]
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|Paid
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|$50 / year
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|[[Waistline]]
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|open source
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Na}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|-
|SparklePeople
|[[Cronometer]]
| y n p
|{{Ya}}
|n
|Paid
|
|Paid
|Paid
|{{Na}}
|
|
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| y n y
|{{Ya}}
| y
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal]]
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|Paid
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|$40 / year
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|looseit
|[[LooseIt]]
| y n y
|{{Ya}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|y
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|
|
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| w n ?
|{{Ya}}
| p
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Na}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|-
|fooducate
|[[SparklePeople]]
| y n p
|{{Ya}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|
|Paid
|{{Na}}
|
|
|
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| y n y
|{{Ya}}
| n
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|cronometer
|Fooducate
| y p p
|{{Ya}}
|p
|{{Na}}
| n
|Paid
|{{Na}}
|
|
|
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| n
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|-
|fatsecret
|FatSecret
| y n ?
|{{Ya}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Na}}
|
|
|
| y y w
|{{Ya}}
| y y n
|{{Ya}}
| w
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|-
|myfitnesspal
|EatThisMuch
| y p w
|{{Ya}}
|w
|{{Na}}
|w
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|40/y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
| y y y
|
| y y y
|
| y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|-
|eathismuch
|Glucose Buddy
| y n ?
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|?
|{{Ya}}
|
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|
|
| w y w
|
| w y y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
| n
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|-
|mynetdairy
|My Diet Diary
| y n ?
|{{Ya}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|
|
| y y y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| w
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|bitesnap
|MyPlate
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
|y
|{{Na}}
|y
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|F
|{{Na}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|
|
|
| w y y
|{{Ya}}
| y y n
|{{Ya}}
| n
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|-
|my diet diary
|Smart Plate
| y n ?
|{{Na}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|w
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{Na}}
|
|
|
|
| y y y
|{{Ya}}
| w n y
|{{Ya}}
| ?
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|-
|-
|smartplate
|OpenFoodFacts
| n n ?
|{{Na}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|
|
| y y y
|open source
| n n ?
|{{Ya}}
| ?
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|-
| openfoodfacts
|YAZIO
| n n y
|{{Ya}}
|n
|{{Na}}
|
|{{Na}}
|O
|{{Na}}
| y y y
|{{Na}}
| y y y
|free
| n most detailed database
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|Waistline
|hranoprovod-cli
|y n y
|{{Ya}}
|
|{{Na}}
|
|{{Ya}}
|O
|{{Ya}}
|
|{{Ya}}
|
|open source
|
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|}
|}
=== Databases ===
https://www.foodrepo.org/ Community-driven for barcoded food products.
https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ Open source collaborative originally from France. Derived scores for amount of processing and nutritional quality.
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ US government.
===References===
<references />
{{Tool Queries}}
[[Category:Tools]]