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Q. As a health coach, what smartphone applications do you recommend to support a healthy lifestyle?
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In the meantime, literally hundreds of smartphone applications (apps) are on the Android and iPhone market, some useful, some not so much all trying to capture the attention of both young and not so young users.
Based on the climbing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and the like I'm thinking many of you are using your smartphone to find healthy advice are not so healthy either.
As you can see from the graph below the number of smartphone users is already in millions and continuing to rise as with the quest to find a great apps to support the ever growing interest in obtaining a healthier lifestyle.
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Smartphone apps for health and wellness are flooding the market offering a variety of services ranging from diagnosing Heart Attacks, Alzheimer help to calculating your Body Mass Index and even helping you to get a good night's sleep. There are a few FDA guidelines as the video below explains.
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As my Granny used to say, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." To me this meant, if you want to achieve your goals (nirvana) then you have to put those good intentions to work.
So when it comes to smartphone apps the best ones are the ones you use on a regular basis. All those cute apps may make your phone look healthy but doesn't do you a bit of good if you don't use them.
Companies say smartphone gadgets are a growing market with lots of cool "stuff" on the way and of the tech is already available. I love my Fitbit Wireless Tracker.  | | CES2013: Digital Health Tracking surges ahead in popularity because of smartphones |
My Top 10 Favorite Cool Healthy Lifestyle Apps
(in no particular order)
1. Fooducate (iphone and Android) - Description Lose weight, track your progress, and eat REAL food. The ONLY APP that looks beyond the calorie and helps you eat healthy and tasty. Scan a product barcode to see what's really in your food. Fooducate will also show you healthier alternatives! 2. Wellframe (iPhone & Android) - Recognized at this year's American College of Cardiology Scientific Conference in Chicago, Wellframe provides heart disease risk assessment, preventive care alerts, and educational resources.
4. Stress Doctor (iPhone) - Reduce your stress using 100% natural biofeedback technique based on heart rate detection with your iPhone's camera. Stress Check (Android) - Stress Check is the most innovative tool available for quantifying your level of psychological or physical stress. 5. Sleepbot (iPhone & Android) - Revolutionary sleep cycle alarm gently wakes you during your lightest sleep. Smart Alarm - Motion Tracker - Sound Recorder. 7. Workout Trainer (Android & iPhone)) - Your certified personal trainers guide you through exercises with timed, step-by-step audio, photo and video instructions complete with encouragement! 8. My Fitness Pal - (Android & iPhone) MyFitnessPal.com remembers what you've eaten and done most often in the past, and makes it easy for you to add those foods again to your log. 9. GroceryIQ (iPhone & Android) - Grocery store list generator, list sharing and coupons! 10. Relax and Sleep by Glenn Harold (iphone & Android) - Relax & Sleep Well combines powerful hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art recording technology.
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