CR5 Issue 159 August 2018
A local community magazine delivered free to 11,600 homes every month in the CR5 postcode. Contains local business advertising, interesting reads, What's on in the community and puzzles.
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Health By Alison Runham www.alison.runham.co.uk<br />
Better Health? There’s an App for That!<br />
There seems to be an app for<br />
everything these days, so it’s not<br />
surprising that there are plenty<br />
of apps to help you improve your<br />
fitness, health and wellbeing. Here<br />
are ten apps that could help you<br />
discover a healthier, happier you.<br />
FITNESS APPS<br />
Daily Workouts (PAID)<br />
This app’s 39 area-targeted<br />
5-10-minute workouts include<br />
stretch, Pilates and kettlebell exercises,<br />
which can be combined to<br />
create longer, whole-body workouts.<br />
There’s a timer and on-screen<br />
instructions, but you’ll need the<br />
internet to watch video demonstrations.<br />
There’s also a popular<br />
free version with just 10 workouts.<br />
Ratings: Google Play 4.6/5; iTunes<br />
4.7/5; Amazon 4/5<br />
Fitbit, Fitbit Inc.(FREE)<br />
Designed to work with Fitbit activity<br />
trackers and smart scales, this<br />
app can track your daily goals and<br />
food intake and assess your progress<br />
over time for steps, distance<br />
and calories burned. You can also<br />
compare stats with your Fitbit<br />
Friends - useful if you find a bit of<br />
competition a good motivator.<br />
Ratings: Google Play: 3.9/5; iTunes<br />
3.8/5; Amazon 4.3/5; Windows 3.7/5<br />
Active 10, NHS (FREE)<br />
Active 10 tracks your walking,<br />
prompting you when you need to<br />
increase your pace to a brisk walk<br />
(about 3 miles an hour). It also sets<br />
you goals, rewards your progress<br />
and allows you to share your progress<br />
on social media.<br />
Ratings: Google Play: 3.1/5; iTunes<br />
3.2/5<br />
Couch to 5K, NHS (FREE)<br />
Designed to get you off the couch<br />
and running 5 kilometres in 9<br />
weeks, this NHS app builds you up<br />
gradually with a mix of running and<br />
walking. Celebrity trainers tell you<br />
when to run and when to walk,<br />
while a countdown timer shows<br />
how long you’ve got left on each<br />
run. Ratings: Google Play: 4.3/5;<br />
iTunes 4.7/5<br />
HEALTH AND WELLBEING<br />
Deep Sleep with Andrew Johnson<br />
(PAID)<br />
This app provides relaxing guided<br />
meditations intended to clear your<br />
mind and help you get deep, restful<br />
sleep.<br />
Ratings: Google Play: 4.5/5; iTunes<br />
4.3; Amazon 4/5<br />
Headspace: Meditation and<br />
Mindfulness (FREE)<br />
The Headspace app teaches you<br />
how to meditate and live mindfully,<br />
with exercises on everything<br />
from managing anxiety and stress<br />
to breathing, sleep, happiness,<br />
calm and focus. It teaches classic<br />
meditation techniques in just a few<br />
minutes a day, and can send custom<br />
push notifications with mindfulness<br />
reminders. You can also<br />
track your progress and share it<br />
with others. Ratings: Google Play:<br />
4.6/5; iTunes 4.9/5; Amazon 4/5<br />
Chill Panda, NHS (FREE)<br />
Suitable for children and (less serious)<br />
adults, this family-friendly app<br />
allows you to develop an awareness<br />
of the relationship between<br />
your emotions, activities and body<br />
state. The app can measure your<br />
heart rate and help you learn what<br />
makes you feel better. The cute<br />
Chill Panda will suggest an activity<br />
suitable for your emotional and<br />
physical state.<br />
Ratings: Google Play: 2.8/5; Also<br />
available on iTunes<br />
DIET AND NUTRITION<br />
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Carbs and Cals,<br />
Chello Publishing Ltd (PAID)<br />
Ideal for diabetics but suitable<br />
for everyone, this app provides<br />
photos and nutritional values for<br />
over 3,500 food and drink items<br />
available in the UK, compiled by a<br />
diabetes dietary specialist. You can<br />
also add custom meals and use the<br />
meal calculator, calendar, recipe<br />
builder and exercise tracker. A<br />
special diabetes section allows you<br />
to record blood glucose levels and<br />
carbohydrate intake.<br />
Ratings: Google Play: 3.6/5; iTunes<br />
3.2/5; Amazon 4/5<br />
Foodvisor (FREE)<br />
The Foodvisor app claims to recognise<br />
your food from a photo of<br />
your plate, estimating serving sizes<br />
and providing a detailed nutrition<br />
report that’s added to your food<br />
diary. It can also track physical<br />
activities and calories burned,<br />
highlighting weak areas that need<br />
attention.<br />
Ratings: Google Play 2.7/5; iTunes<br />
4.5/5<br />
My Fitness Pal, My Fitness Pal Inc<br />
This hugely popular app is a calorie<br />
counter, diet tracker and exercise<br />
tracker all in one. It can scan the<br />
barcodes of over 4 million foods<br />
and recognises over 2 million others,<br />
giving you detailed nutrition<br />
information about them. It can also<br />
suggest exercises, link to some<br />
other exercise apps, log your exercise<br />
and track your steps. With<br />
goal-setting, a recipe importer, a<br />
restaurant meal logger and the<br />
ability to add photos and share<br />
your progress, it really is the app<br />
that has everything.Ratings:<br />
Google Play 4.6/5; iTunes 4.7/5;<br />
Amazon 3.7/5<br />
Used correctly, technology can<br />
motivate and educate us to eat<br />
more healthily, exercise and<br />
socialise, sharing our efforts with<br />
others.<br />
So why not give one of these apps<br />
a try?
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