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Hi there,
For health reasons, I had to change my diet and need to monitor it closely to see how my body reacts to certain foods. Could you recommend an information keeping solution that would let me record the following on a daily basis:
- date
- food / ingredients
- comments
- rating/score
... and ideally being able to filter the entries based on key words or score.
Thank you
Highlights Fundamentals
A completely new common diet regime that's presently in the marketplace nowadays is the food Solution. What the program entails is essentially teaching the dieter new methods to eat and to give the dieter with much more
understanding about food and diet.
Burpple, the social discovery app that seeks to connect food lovers from around the world, just released their Android app in public beta. Their iOS app was launched in December 2011.
The app now boosts users from 140 countries and 4,000 cities who have shared 300,000 “food moments,” including photos of dishes consumed and check-ins at different establishments.
The United States defines its diet through its American Dietary Guidelines provided by the Food and Drug Administration. After 19 years, the food pyramid is ancient history and the new colorful, 4-part Diner Plate promises to be easier to use.
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Celebrity chef Michael Mina has certainly conquered the world of haute cuisine. Through his Mina Group, he operates more than a dozen award-winning high end restaurants around the world, with his namesake eateries in San Francisco and Las Vegas regularly earning Michelin stars.
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