Now with any relationship, there is always a downside. You can also put in your own target ranges as opposed to the app calculating the macros for you. ![]() This allowed me to alter my supplements to make sure I wasn’t deficient. This quickly showed me I was deficient in calcium and magnesium – I would have never know in other apps – or maybe it was just hidden. The secret sauce – what make it stand out to me? It elegantly shows me my micronutrients. Recipes are a breeze to manage, and the scanning works well and seems pretty accurate so far. We’re early on in or relationship, but adding food is easy with many options for measuring – one will typically work without pulling out a calculator. Scans of the barcode can be so off as to be laughable – or most of the foods I eat aren’t on the list. Net carbs, for example, can be a nightmare. Frankly, most diet apps that even take keto into account only seem to pay it lip service. One-night-stands that got deleted within a day. Also, their units were quirky and to put in some foods I had to do tortured math in my head to come up with equivalents – and relationships that require me to do math in my head are doomed to fail. Apparently beloved by millions – but not by me. I spent a lot of time with LoseIt! but it was always a one-sided relationship where I had to accommodate the app instead of it accommodating me. I have tried a lot of nutrition calculators and most of them ranged from passible to useless. While I hate tracking, I find it necessary as I fine-tune my routine and get to a place where it might not be necessary.
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