I’m looking to start tracking food again. Between wanting to get healthier and it looking like I have gout it’d be good to start tracking this stuff again. Used to use MyFitnessPal 10 years ago but things change so much.
What’s everyone’s go to? I could just make a local spreadsheet but if there’s something that’s easier that’s great.
I strongly recommend NOT counting calories. It’s much more effective to look at your health as a function of hormones, especially insulin. The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity - Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out” - 2018
I encourage you to look at doing a low carb or ketogenic approach to improving your health (and a impact on your gout too).
The good news is the only thing you have to track is grams of carbs per day (shoot for less then 20), but if that is too much work you can get a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) which will show you your blood glucose in real time, and all you have to do is keep the line as flat as possible. You will learn with quick visual feedback what foods spike your glucose.
OP asked for a recommendation on a calorie counting app, not for people’s opinions on calorie counting.
They stated their goals, and if the goals can be achieved without doing calorie counting… its a efficiency they should be aware of.
Okay well I still wanted a food diary to track things. Because different foods trigger different people for gout I wanted something easy to build a record.
The calorie counting is a bonus and I agree it’s not purely math in math out but I’m more interested in seeing what people use to track what they eat.
I also have gout and the best thing I ever did was to get on Allopurinol. I’m sorry I don’t have an app recommendation but Allo is fucking magic. I haven’t had a flare up since I started taking it 5 years ago.
keto was the best thing I ever did… lost 50-60lbs be just eating. cut all carbs and sugar, weight fell off… and stayed off. I was oddly able to eat 2x times a much. ayce does not like me anymore lol
Your source is about the healthfulness of lowering the glycemic load of one’s diet, not the uselessness of calorie counters. In addition to counting calories, such apps can be used to count total carbohydrates, fiber, added sugars, protein, and electrolytes, all of which are extremely useful on a keto diet.
It’s about controlling blood glucose, yes. If your keeping your insulin levels in normal physiologic ranges then counting calories is unnecessary - the body will self regulate through hunger, and excretion.
If your doing keto, sure you can keep track of those things if you want to, but it isn’t necessary. It just complicates things, I’ve found better adherence with friends by giving them a CGM, since its passive and ways running.