App Review: FOODUCATE

I have owned an iPhone for almost 2 years and have gone through many apps and love how there's so many applications I can customize to help make things more accessible and easier for me. In saying so, I have tried out many apps related to weight loss and will be sharing some of my favorites. Above you can see my Health menu (right now, there's more added to it). Today we'll be reviewing Fooducate!


Fooducate
Price: Free
What is it: Fooducate analyzes information found in each product's nutrition panel and ingredient list. You get to see the stuff manufactures don't want you to notice, such as - excessive sugar, additives, trans fat and many more...
Compatible: iPhone, iTouch, iPad

First thing it pops up is a scan barcode screen. You can take an image (it's not saved on your roll) or manually write the barcode number of the item and then it'll give you a grading for it based on it's nutrional facts. For instance the Special K Crackers I scanned.

They based the rating on ingredients, calorie value and other things. Plus they explain what these additives mean. You may save the item to your favorites so you know what to pick again while grocery shopping.



Another neat thing about this is the alternative section. It gives you a list of similar products that have a higher grade for you to look through. As well as a compare scan of two different items.



Only downfall is that not ALL products are included, especially newer store items but I've only come across about 15 out of 80 which didn't have history. Not bad. What I did is take an image of the item, ingredient list and nutritional list and sent it to their email. Also it won't include produce items, if there's no barcode - then you won't be able to get much info on it.

Overall this app is a must for all health nuts. It's really helped me pick better choices and know more about the items I purchase.

Final Grade: A-

Celly

Iphone Application: RunKeeper

Ugh.
I love my Iphone! And I'm not a phone fan at all - total convert.

Anyways, I was searching for applications under health and fitness and found this free one called RunKeeper.

What it does basically is track your distance and shows how many miles and calories you've done depending on what activity you're doing.

Btw, don't mind the difference in time/picture/miles - I screencap different activities to give an ideal of how it works!


On the screen it shows the time you've done, average minutes per miles, calories lost and total miles.
On the Option button - you can change your activity. It only has activities that have to do with movements (walking, running, hiking, jogging, etc.)


It also maps your whole distance and shows a pinpoint of your current position and how many miles it took you. So cool!


I wish I lost almost 900kcal - I forgot to turn it off while we were driving off, haha.

I'm not aware of any similar application for the Droid but iPhone has different applications, some costly and some free. I don't mind this because it's free but the accuracy differs. I don't rely on it 100% but I use it to give me an idea of how much I've hiked/walked in terms of miles.

Today I tracked 4 miles on the hills for 1.5 hours. Not bad considering it was all rocky terrain and cows all up in the way.

Any iPhone users have similar apps?

PS - blog with be open to the public soon! unless you girls prefer it private for your own... privacy lol.