Saturday, May 18, 2013
App Reviews
Ask the Nutritionist: Recipes for Fighting Cancer
April 29, 2013
The Ask the Nutritionist: Recipes for Fighting Cancer app was created by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a forum to ask nutrition questions and deliver recipes for staying healthy through cancer treatment and healthy eating throughout life.
Carb Counting with Lenny
April 29, 2013
Part game, part education, Carb Counting with Lenny is designed to help children become carb counting masters.
Garden Tracker
April 29, 2013
Garden Tracker helps you plan one or several gardens, plant seeds and track progress through harvest. The app provides a number of resources to support the new and seasoned gardener.
GoMeals
April 29, 2013
Created by Sanofi Diabetes, GoMeals is a food, activity and blood glucose tracker created to help people with diabetes make smart food choices and improve blood sugar levels.
Locavore
April 29, 2013
Locavore is penned the “easiest way to find local, in season food.” The app provides a list of area farmers markets and sellers of local goods and compiles seasonal recipes from around the Internet.
Low FODMAP Diet
April 29, 2013
The Low FODMAP Diet app from Australia’s Monash University is designed to provide those following the diet with the daily tools and resources they need to make the best food choices to control symptoms of gastrointestinal distress.
NRDC Eat Local
April 29, 2013
Developed by the Smarter Living team at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Eat Local is designed to help users discover which foods are in season and locate nearby farmers markets.
Find Me Gluten Free
February 26, 2013
Developed by a celiac disease patient, the Find Me Gluten Free app puts gluten-free friendly businesses into one searchable space. The app also allows users to share their gluten-free finds with their friends and the Gluten Free Me community.
Food on the Table
February 26, 2013
Food on the Table is a meal planning on a budget app. The app matches supermarket sales items with your food preferences and supports meal planning with recipes, sophisticated grocery lists and a meal planning calendar.
FoodFacts
February 26, 2013
The FoodFacts app delivers product nutrition information, ingredients, allergens and the FoodFacts Health Score via mobile devices. FoodFacts is carving its niche among other food scanning apps in food allergens and ingredient education.
Harvest
February 26, 2013
Harvest is penned as your guide to selecting the freshest, healthiest and best tasting produce. Harvest tells you when to squeeze, smell or thump your produce to bring the highest quality, food to the table. It provides fruit and vegetable selection tips and a guide to relative pesticide levels for each food.
How to Cook Everything: Essentials
February 26, 2013
Based on Mark Bittman’s bestselling cookbook, How to Cook Everything: Essentials is a starter app. It provides a feature rich glimpse of the full app (available for $9.99) with 100+ key recipes and variations and kitchen basics content articles.