Utopia Holistic Health and Holidays Utopia Holistic Health & Holidays Issue 8 August 2 | Page 6
THE BEST
HEALTH APPS
SWAP IT DON'T STOP IT
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It shows you how to make smarter food choices
from swapping sweets for nuts, to getting more
exercise in your day, along with ways to shop
smart, save calories and even how to join local
exercise classes. You can track your progress and
set alerts to be remind you when its time to make
a swap. Handy and informative.
FOODDITIVE
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If you’re child suffers from a food allergy, or you
follow a restrictive diet, then take this app to the
supermarket with you. It allows you to check
information on certain food additives and how
they will affect you, according to a number of diet
sensitivities, such as coeliac disease, gluten,
vegetarian, vegan and even halal.
COELIAC SOCIETY OF
AUSTRALIA INGREDIENT LIST
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This app determines if a product or that dish
you’re about to eat contains gluten. It contains a
listing of more than 800 ingredients and 300
additives used in Australian and New Zealand
foods, and tells you whether they’re safe to
include in a gluten-free diet.
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Like to know how much saturated fat is in a
Big Mac? How about the sugar content in
your favourite chocolate bar? This app lets
you keep track of the nutritional content of
more than 7,000 foods in one handy device.
FITNESS BUILDER
Whether you’re starting an exercise routine for
the first time, or just want some workout
inspiration, Fitness Builder can help. This app lets
you choose from an impressive library of more
than 5,600 exercise images and videos, or, you can
even ask a personal trainer for helpful advice.
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SMOOTHIE RECIPES
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This app contains 110 delicious and healthy
smoothie recipes. There’s even suggestions
for making your own mocktails, and best of
all, calorie content is included.
FOOD LABELS WITH
NUTRITIONAL FACTS
ALCOHOL AWARE
This app keeps a daily track of the amount
of alcoholic drinks you’re imbibing, as well
as the effects those glasses of wine will
have on your waistline. Obviously, if you
can’t focus on your screen to input the
info, then you’ve had enough.
JUST START WALKING
It allows you to track, map and measure the
distance you’ve walked, share updates with
friends, while offering information on how to
maintain correct posture or find a chiropractor in
your area – if needed.