The 12 best Nutrition Apps

We all know that eating well is very important to our health. And it is that bad eating habits are a direct cause of all kinds of diseases, both physically as mental: cardiovascular diseases, obesity, strokes, depression and even Cancer.

The problem is that the constant stress in which we live due to work and today's society, means that we have little time left to organize ourselves and watch our diet. For this reason, it is common that, despite knowing its importance, we eat what is easiest to prepare. Which tends to coincide with the less healthy foods.

In this context, nutrition apps are booming. And it is that smartphones have the potential to offer us all kinds of nutrition advice just a click away. These apps save us a lot of time when planning menus, in addition to giving us healthy recipes and raising awareness of the importance of eating well for our health.

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Therefore, in today's article We will review the 12 best nutrition apps, based on their benefits

, its ease of use, its scientific bases, etc. These apps are destined to completely change the world of food.

What are the must-have nutrition apps?

Undoubtedly, the health app market is growing exponentially, as they satisfy the needs of all those people who want to eat healthy but do not have the enough time to plan meals or know in what amounts to consume different nutrients.

There are many apps of this type on both Android and iOS, but below we present a selection of those that by quantity and quality of content, rise above the others.

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1. Oorenji

One of the nutrition applications that we must consider is Oorenji, the new app for health, nutrition and healthy eating habits.

This application allows you to configure the profile of each user, from which it will offer a great variety of specialized services and advice so that each person can improve in the field of food daily.

Some of the services offered by Oorenji are personalized diets, weekly or daily nutritional plans adapted to the specific needs of the person and also a wide variety of professional recipes for each day of the week.

In addition to that, Oorenji allows the possibility of carrying out a genetic analysis from home, based on a saliva intake, with which will integrate very useful information about the user to the artificial intelligence system of the application to receive an even more service personalized.

• This application can be downloaded for free in the stores of ios Y Android.

2. Me I

"Meyo" is destined to revolutionize not only the world of nutrition, but that of health in general. And it is that this app developed by a Barcelona Start-up over a year and with a budget of almost 1 million euros, in addition to offering the indications in nutrition more personalized on the market, aims that users are masters of their health in all aspects: sport, sleep, personal relationships, rest, leisure ...

It can be downloaded for free from Monday, March 16, 2020 and one of its pillars is nutrition. And it is that in addition to offering thousands of different healthy recipes and allowing users to organize their daily menus based on of the needs they have every day, encourages them to cook and consume products that are sustainable with the environment environment.

But its main feature and the one that makes it stand out from the rest is that “Meyo” offers users the possibility of analyzing their genes. From the app itself, they can hire a genetic analysis kit and a company will analyze their entire genome and automatically incorporate the information into the application.

From this moment on, "Meyo" will be able to regulate the user's diet in the most individualized way possible. Knowing the genes of the person, the app can recommend the consumption of specific foods (and the exact amounts) and suggest moderate consumption or even suppress that of others. Unprecedented functionality.

In this way, the app combines the most innovative knowledge of nutrition and genetics, as it has a team of experts who have allowed “Meyo” to personalize the diet to the maximum. The diets that it will offer are perfectly designed for you to guarantee an optimal state of health, since not all of us respond the same to the same foods.

In addition, it allows you to scan all types of food and products and gives a grade based on how healthy they are. An essential tool when shopping and you are concerned about both your health and that of your loved ones.

Therefore, this app allows you to get the most out of your diet. But this is just the beginning, as "Meyo" is not just limited to nutrition. It encompasses absolutely all aspects of a healthy life.

Follow sports routines, get to know each other more as individuals, increase work performance, sleep better, overcome phobias and fears, improve communication skills, overcome stress, relax, make leisure plans, improve mood, explore our sexuality, overcome the loss of a loved one or a breakup, coping with anxiety, quitting smoking, giving up shyness, breaking free of habits compulsive ...

"Meyo" takes care of your physical and emotional health, because a healthy life does not only mean eating well. In addition, it complements everything with audiovisual content prepared by animators that explains in a very intuitive way everything that has to do with your diet.

Without a doubt, an application that we will follow very closely this year.

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3. 4eat

4eat is an application developed by professional dietitians-nutritionists that provides you with a nutritional plan fully customized to your goals.

Generate a weekly meal plan tailored to your tastes, your allergies and your goals, with amounts tailored to your person.

It is an app that adapts to your day to day, and for this you can choose the number of meals as well as the distribution during the day, so that you can follow the diet according to your lifestyle. Changing meals for equivalents always meeting the requirements of your diet or a shopping list in premium plans are some of the features they also offer. Always under the motto of "do not count calories", to focus on a healthy and varied diet.

Losing fat, gaining muscle or improving diet are the available goals, and they also include unrestricted and vegan plans. You will know what to eat at all times, with more than 200 alternatives between meals, but always showing only what you should consume to balance your week. 4eat goes beyond traditional diets, you can eat varied according to your tastes or the time you have to prepare your meals. The application has an internal nutritional logic created by dietitians-nutritionists to ensure that you meet all your nutrients. Your health will be assured, improving both aesthetically and your feeling of well-being.

4. Lifesum

Lifesum is a fantastic nutrition app that helps users plan their menus each week. Depending on your needs and schedules, the app offers certain recipes and diets.

In addition, it has a calorie calculator that helps the person to keep an accurate count of calories you consume, to see if you follow a good eating plan or you would have to reduce the consumption of certain products.

It takes into account many parameters, among which is the weight, the exercise carried out and even the daily steps that are walked, to be able to offer diets perfectly adjusted to their needs.

5. Noodle

Don't have time to think about dishes? Do you always end up eating the same thing? This app can be your solution. "Noodle" is an application in which you enter the different ingredients that you have at home and it offers you different healthy recipes and originals that you can make with them.

It has more than 1,800 different recipes and they all share the characteristics that they are healthy and easy to prepare. A great tool for those who want to innovate in the kitchen and do not have too much time.

6. Fitia

Not sure what to do to lose weight? Do you want to gain weight but can't? "Fitia" may be your best option. This app calculates the calories and the proportion of nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats) that you need based on your goal.

It has a database of thousands of different foods or offers personalized healthy nutritional plans. In addition, one of its differentiating characteristics is that it allows intermittent fasting.

7. Hatcook

Not sure what to cook? "Hatcook" can be your salvation. This app has a database with more than 10,000 different recipes, which you can filter according to your needs. In addition, it allows you to select them based on your level of skills in the kitchen.

This app is one of the best tools not only to eat healthy, but to learn to cook and increase your culinary skills.

8. MyFitnessPal

"MyFitnessPal" is a very useful app for all those people aware of the importance of food and sport. And it is that in addition to also having the option to scan products, in its database it has registered more than 11 million different foods, allows a record of what you eat, has a counter calories ...

A fantastic tool especially for people who want to lose weight, although all those people who want to keep track of what they eat and know what exercise routine they can benefit them more.

9. Runtasty

As you can guess from its name, "Runtasty" is from the creators of "Runtastic", the famous application to record sports workouts and track sleep. In this case, "Runtasty" focuses on healthy eating.

This app offers dozens of different fitness recipes, offers instructions on their health benefits, presents tips and nutritional information and includes videos of their preparation.

10. Cookidoo

Not sure what to cook? "Cookidoo" is here to help you. This app offers you all kinds of recipes and allows you to plan your weekly menus with the dishes that you like the most. It is created by the Thermomix company, so it allows you to link the information with it if you have one.

11. Yazio

"Yazio" is one of the best calorie counters that can be found on Android and iOS. It allows to control eating habits in a very simple way, because in addition to this monitoring of the calories, includes product scanning, offers progress analysis, allows you to set your goals personal, etc.

This application has proven to be very useful for all people whatever its purpose. Losing, maintaining, or gaining weight. The objective does not matter. "Yazio" can help you fulfill it.

12. VNutrition

The perfect app for those who want to enter the world of veganism. "VNutrition", in addition to obviously offering vegan diets, includes indications and advice to make the move to this lifestyle and allows users to record what they eat each day to increase awareness of the importance of eating healthy.

The app is available on Android and iOS and although it is aimed especially at vegans, it also includes the option of vegetarian diets. Be that as it may, the app lets you know if you have met the minimum nutritional requirements each day.