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Michigan Medicine Resources

Nutrition Services at The Preventive Cardiology Program
This program offers a number of relevant programs and services including individualized counseling and group sessions to help individuals reduce risk disease and improve wellness. The service specializes in medical nutrition therapy for:
o Cholesterol and triglyceride reduction
o Blood pressure management
o Healthy weight management
o Metabolic syndrome/Insulin resistance/Pre diabetes
o Diabetes
o Congestive Heart Failure

Apps (Computer Applications)

Calorie Counter and Food Diary by MyNetDiary
This free app helps you to keep track of your food and exercise. It analyzes your data and guides you with personalized advice and diet tips. Available for iPhone and Android.
Calorie Counter by FatSecret
Keep track of your food, exercise and weight using their nutrition database and by scanning barcodes. Also provides recipe and meal ideas and can be synced with a Fitbit and other apps.
Fooducate
This is a free App to help with your diet goals and to track your progress. Fooducate grades your food, explains what's really inside each product, and offers healthier alternatives. They have the largest database of UPCs - over 200,000 unique products and growing. You can filter by vegan or vegetarian too. Available for the iPhone and Android phones.
Lose It!
This free App allows you to set a weight loss goal and timeline, and then calculates how many calories you should consume (your calorie budget) and how many you actually take in. The searchable database is packed with general foods, brand name grocery store goods, and menu items from popular chain restaurants. Available for iPhone and Android.
MyFitnessPal
This free app has a very user friendly food diary and exercise log. It also has one of the largest food databases to pull your information from. Users are given customized calorie goals, which are adjusted based on physical activity. You can also scan a bar code to get a food items’ nutrition facts. This app also keeps and tracks your data so you can pull reports based on your history. Available for iPhone and Android.
ShopWell by Innit
Just by scanning a barcode this free App can tell you what's in the food you're buying and offers suggestions of new foods to try that fit your liefstyle. Available for iPhone and Android.
SparkAmerica
This free app helps you to track your food and fitness. The app also offers diet plans, exercise options, expert advice and an online community.

Brochures and Fact Sheets

Web Resources

American Heart Association: Healthy Eating
This site includes information and interactive tools to help maintain a healthy diet. Some of the information focuses on how to find heart healthy items in your grocery store, heart healthy recipes, and helpful information for dining out.
Best Diets as Ranked by U.S. News & World Reports
A panel of health experts, including nutritionists and specialists in diabetes, heart health, human behavior, and weight loss, reviewed detailed assessments prepared by U.S. News of 29 diets. The experts rated each diet in seven categories, including short-and long-term weight loss, ease of compliance, safety, and nutrition.
MyPlate.gov (USDA)
Learn how to eat healthy with MyPlate. Site includes personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Eatright.org
This useful website is created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. They strive to improve the nation’s health through research, education, and advocacy
FoodData Central (USDA)
FoodData Central has data on the nutritional content (sodium, potassium, water, sugar, etc.) of many types of food.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Aim for a Healthy Weight
This site has interactive tools that teach and help manage healthy diet including: a menu planner, recipes and a BMI calculator.
Nutrition.gov
This site provides easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers. Here you can find guidelines for healthy nutrition, guidance on food shopping and meal planning and lists of calories and nutrients in food.