@niclas Not sure if this was a joke. But to be clear im not looking for something that will analyze my food for me. Just a way to log my food, these tools use databases to find out the micronutrient content.

@freemo

Oh, I actually thought you were looking for tooling to analyze the food. And for some bizarre reason I got those adverts for about 6-9 months in 2020 or so. Not sure what Google thought about me at that time, because I also go adverts for Barbed Wire Machines and Cable Recycling Machines. I switched to Brave browser partly due to these ads.

@niclas If such tooling existed where i could analyze food id be all for it.

@freemo It does, but incredibly expensive. That's probably what I wanted to say in the first place.

@swrogers as long as it covers micros id be down for checking it out. That alone is hard to find. Does it handle micros ?

@swrogers I just checked, didnt sign up yet. But under their feature list they say they track macros but no mention of micros. Do they track micros? Seems no.

@freemo I believe that it does, but it requires the premium account (https://www.carbmanager.com/article/ywilebiaaiuwuu_b/micronutrients-benefits-dosages-and-how-to-track)

I don't use it for micros, at least not all of them.

@swrogers Oh thanks, ill take a deeper dive and see how it feels.

By the way cronometer has really good keto support and adds some very nice calculations on how many carbs you can eat that you can customize to any of the usual ways of calculating, and quite a few custom ways.

I myself have it fixed where i get a certain minimum carbs and then depending on how active i was (measured objectively from my garmin watch) will determine how many bonus carbs i can have that day (heavy cardio days allows for more carbs). Youc an also customize how the protein calculation is effected by this in various ways.

@freemo I've heard good things about cronometer. Back when I started the three that were always suggested was that, car manager and MyFitnessPal. We just went with CM.

I've gone from 333+ to a low of 168, been maintaining at around 185 for a couple of years now. Still log most everything. All this with no exercise. Maybe one day I'll start something. 😃

@swrogers ive used cronometer and myfitnesspal... dont like MFP but ti is very popular. It didnt do micros in a way i liked and had other issues i didnt like... CM wasnice.

For what CM does it does it well and I'm happy. I'm only looking at alternatives to see what im missing, like this photo feature. I also would like better reporting or the ability to share progress.

@swrogers how accurate do you find the "visual snap" feature?

@freemo if you mean the "snap a picture of your food" to log meals, I've not actually ever tried that one. I do use the barcode reader, which works as well as any other app I've used. I do always double check that the nutrients are correct, and submit any corrections as required.

@swrogers yea everyone has the barcode though... The snapping a picture feature is the one feature that if it worked well I would migrate just for that

@freemo One of these days I'll have to try it. I agree, it could be a killer feature.

@swrogers If it worked well it certainly could be... I cant imagine how it could be good though, even a human would have a hard time knowing what some food was by just looking.