It’s no great secret that keeping your system stocked with all the essential vitamins and minerals is integral to basic health. Likewise, ensuring your diet is high in antioxidant-rich foods can help combat free-radicals and prevent irreversible damage to cells.
With hundreds of possible food sources containing antioxidants, it can be difficult to keep track of your intake, especially given that each antioxidant food source can have its own unique part to play in ensuring overall system health.
The Wholesome App is an effective and user-friendly way of guaranteeing you make the best food decisions for your wellbeing and monitor your nutritional consumption. This free App is available on Android or iPhone and offers optional additional purchases. You can also customize it based on your own specified needs, such as flagging your profile to vegetarian to receive more tailored suggestions.
The app includes an array of wholesome recipes. Each scored out of 10 points evaluated on their nutritional density. You can also track what you eat or store your own recipes with ease. Based on your input, the app will provide you with a detailed breakdown of your nutritional intake and offer advice on which areas you need to focus on to fill in any nutritional gaps and improve your overall health.
The tips section provides information on selecting and preparing foods to maintain their nutritional benefits, including details on over 90 key nutrients, antioxidants, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and omega 3’s.
For those after some wholefoods inspiration, there is an ‘eat the rainbow’ segment where you can browse foods categorized on their color or type or scan through the extensive list of top foods based on a specified nutrient.