6 Best Calorie Counting Apps, According to Nutritionists

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fitbit

While your Fitbit tracker monitors steps and activity, the Fitbit app lets you take your food tracking to the next level. Input foods either manually or with their barcode scanner. A daily breakdown of your carb, protein, and fat intake allows you to better understand how your food choices impact your overall health. The app also gives Fitbit wearers detailed data on their heart rates, sleep quality, and more. But you don’t have to own a Fitbit device to use the app: It can also work with your smartphone to track steps.

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HealthyOut

When you’re trying to lose weight, eat healthier, or manage dietary restrictions, dining out can seem like a recipe for disaster. HealthyOut steps up to the plate to help you manage the options. For instance, it can suggest only the restaurant dishes that don’t exceed your chosen calorie count, providing the protein, fat and carb amounts along with additional criteria like heart-healthy, paleo, low-carb, and pescatarian. You can also ask the app for restaurant recs on everything from 'gluten-free' to 'not salads.'

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Lose it!

It’s hard to argue with 80-plus million pounds, which is the collective weight loss of Lose It! users, according to the website. Lose It! comes up with a personalized calorie budget based on your height, weight, age, and gender. You have a choice of how to log in meals: searching their food database, scanning barcodes, or using the new Snap It feature, which allows you to send a photo of your dish.

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MyFitnessPal

Some nutritionists call MyFitnessPal the queen of diet and fitness trackers. With over five million foods in the system, it's easy to enter what you ate — plus you won't waste time trying to do the math on things like portion sizes and protein content. The app even remembers what you eat — so on Tuesday Taco Night you don’t have to re-enter the ingredients of your killer guac — and can calculate the calories of recipes uploaded from other websites. For $49.99 annually, you can get add-ons like a deeper dive into your eating habits, VIP support, and a banner-free experience.

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Nutritionix Track

Users praise Nutritionix Track for its straightforward calorie-tracking — nutritionists praise it for the transparency of the nutritional info, since it can combine the calorie content of common packaged food ingredients and restaurant items with everyday fresh foods. This tracking feature makes it great for people who are eating mixed meals — i.e., leftover takeout with home-cooked chicken. Registered dietitians created the database has been created and you can log food items by speaking into the app. Through the Track Pro Coach Portal ($5.99 per month), you can share your food log with your trainer or nutritionist.

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Rise.us

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