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Apps for Healthy Food Choices

Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their diets and their dining out experience.

OpenTable

OpenTable helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. OpenTable is a free service that shows users restaurant availability based on where and when they want to dine. OpenTable users can also make restaurant reservations directly through the app or website.

OpenTable gives users points when they make reservations. The points can add up to discounts on restaurant visits.

When users make reservations through OpenTable they get an email confirmation1. They can also add the reservation directly to their electronic calendar.

Max McCalman's Cheese & Wine Pairing App

Wine and cheese can be a great combination. But which wines go best with which cheeses?

Max McCalman’s cheese and wine app can help. It provides information about hundreds of different cheeses and suggests wines to pair with each. More than 3000 possible combinations can be found based on 600 different cheeses.

The app includes a “Cheese 101” section that teaches the basics about choosing a cheese. Max McCalman's Cheese & Wine Pairing App is free for iPhone and iPad.

Epicurious

Epicurious is a free app and website to help users find recipes and become better cooks. The app has more than 30,000 recipes and can create a shopping list based on the ingredients in a recipe.

Users can search by ingredients or by vegetables that are in season where they live. The app also rates recipes for popularity and other qualities.

Users also provide advice about making the recipes. Each recipe has a list of ingredients, preparation time, instructions as well as a photo of the finished meal.

Calorific

What does 200 hundred calories look like?  It can be hard to picture. For example, 200 calories of broccoli2 and 200 calories of cake look very different! The app Calorific shows just that.

Calorific provides images of 200 calories worth of food. The pictures can help people on diets and those who just want to eat healthier.

The app also provides the weights of each food pictured. The app is free for iPad and iPhone. There is also a version that provides more information for a price.

Harvest

An app called Harvest informs users about seasonal3 fruits and vegetables in different areas. This can be helpful in planning meals.

Harvest also tells about pesticide4 use and organic food. Users can learn the best ways to safely store food and keep it fresh longer.

Fooducate

Fooducate is another healthy eating app.

It lets users scan food product barcodes with their phones. The app then gives that product a rating for nutritional5 value. It also provides healthy food suggestions.

The app can also record a user's calorie and exercise levels, if wanted. And, Fooducate community members discuss food choices online. You can find healthy recipes and get the tip of the day at fooducate.com.

HappyCow

Vegetarians6 do not eat animal meat. Vegans do not eat any animal products.

The HappyCow app is made for both groups. Users can search for vegetarian-vegan restaurants and stores around the world.

The HappyCow app is based on the HappyCow website, where users can discover places nearby or search using keywords. 

They can also set the search radius7 for the distance they are willing to travel for food.

LocalEats

Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes travelers want to eat like locals. The website and app LocalEats is designed for that. It lists locally owned restaurants so users can try foods from that area.

LocalEats.com can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the U.S. and in other countries. The app costs about a dollar.

Where Chefs Eat

“Where Chefs Eat” is a 975-page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter8 app version of the same name for just under $15.

Six hundred chefs provide information on 3,000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app.

Users can search restaurants on a map with the “Near Me” feature. They can also search by region, chef, or restaurant name. General pricing information for each restaurant is also on the app.

Words in This Story

discount - n. an amount taken off a regular price : a price reduction

confirmation - n. a response which shows that information is received and understood?

basics - n. the simplest and most important parts of something (such as a subject of study)

recipe - n. a set of instructions for making food

ingredient - n. one of the things that are used to make a food, product, etc.

calorie - n. a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body

broccoli - n. a common vegetable that has green branches and many small green or purple flowers

infographic - n. a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data?

scan - v .to use a special machine to read or copy (something, such as a photograph or a page of text) into a computer?

radius - n. an area that goes outward in all directions from a particular place?

chef - n. a professional cook who usually is in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant


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1 confirmation ZYMya     
n.证实,确认,批准
参考例句:
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
2 broccoli 1sbzm     
n.绿菜花,花椰菜
参考例句:
  • She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
  • They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的,而菜花都是白色的。
3 seasonal LZ1xE     
adj.季节的,季节性的
参考例句:
  • The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
  • The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
4 pesticide OMlxV     
n.杀虫剂,农药
参考例句:
  • The pesticide was spread over the vegetable plot.菜田里撒上了农药。
  • This pesticide is diluted with water and applied directly to the fields.这种杀虫剂用水稀释后直接施用在田里。
5 nutritional 4HRxN     
adj.营养的,滋养的
参考例句:
  • A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
  • The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
6 vegetarians 92ca2254bb61eaa208608083177e4ed9     
n.吃素的人( vegetarian的名词复数 );素食者;素食主义者;食草动物
参考例句:
  • Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
  • Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma. 素食者认为吃肉食是造恶业。
7 radius LTKxp     
n.半径,半径范围;有效航程,范围,界限
参考例句:
  • He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
  • We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。
8 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
参考例句:
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

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