Monday, April 21, 2008

You Are What You Eat


It's always a good idea to know what you are eating, and to be mindful of what you eat, and now there is an easy way to keep track of what you eat every day, EATracker, from the Dieticians of Canada website.
You enter all the food you have eaten for each meal and snack on any given day, and there is also an activity tracker for any exercise. Based on the data you input, EATracker gives you a nutritional and overall health assessment based on Canada's nutritional guidelines. One problem I have found with this site is that it's difficult to list food accurately if you eat food that isn't traditionally north american (for example, I couldnt find a listing for bok choy). In addition, other foods surprised me with their absence, who doesn't eat butter tarts? or Fruit smoothies?
While far from being perfect, I think the main benefit of this site is to make us more aware of what we should be eating, and who couldn't use that, especially with summer fast approaching..

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