Online Tools

In progress...

If you know of any online tools, you think would fit into this list, then please write a comment with a link, and I'll check it out.

Online Tools:

• Nutridiary.com - FREE
  Log what you eat, drink and do.
  You sign up (for free) and you can pretty much log everything. It has a large database of foods, and you can add your own foods and meals if they're not already listed in the database.
  You can see reports of a variety of things (i.e. calorie intake vs. expendidure) and set goals for weightloss (though that feature isn't really suited for a detox-diet).
  It's a really good tool for keeping track of what you're doing dietwise. Even though it is somewhat customizable, it's lacking a few key features for us detox-fans.
  There is no need to upgrade to the paid versions... you get everything you need for free, really.
  Tip: If you choose the option "stay logged in untill I log out" when logging in, you can keep a window open for easy access during the day.
  
  
• FoodFileOnline.com - FREE
  A database with thousands of foods. The most detailed information I have been able to find on the web. It's based on the database from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) which has 7,519 foods (in the latest version).
  You can't search brands or keywords per se, but you can use it as a detailed addition to nutridiary.com especially if you have special nutritional needs, or if you simply want more detailed information than nutridiary.com provides.
  
  TYPICAL VALUES include:
  kJ, calories, protein, carbohydrates (+of which sugars), fat (+of which saturates), fiber and sodium.
  And all of the above is listed (i.e. for spinach):
  Per 100g, Per cup, Per bunch, Per leaf, Per package (10 oz)
  
  Detailed info includes amounts and units of all of the following:
  Alpha-carotene Ash Beta-carotene beta-cryptoxanthin Calcium Carbohydrate Cholesterol Copper Energy Folate Folate (dietary folate equivalents) Folic acid Food Folate Iron Lutein+zeazanthin Lycopene Magnesium Manganese Monounsaturated fatty acids Niacin Pantothenic acid Phosphorus Polyunsaturated fatty acids Potassium Protein Refuse Retinol Riboflavin Saturated fatty acid Saturated fatty acid Selenium Sodium Sugar Thiamin Total Dietary Fiber Total fat Vitamin A Vitamin A (retinol activity equivalent) Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin C Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) Vitamin K (phylloquinone) Water and Zinc.
  
  Try it here (results will open in a new window or tab):
  

  www.foodfileonline.com

  
  
  
  
• NutritionData.com and TheDailyPlate.com - both FREE
  On either one of these two websites, you can find pretty much everything not already found in the database of nutridiary.com.
  However, both sites are very commercial and a lot of the functions you need on a daily (or hourly) basis simply drown in articles, adds and fancy graphics. For daily use as a foodlog they're both too confusing and complicated.
  Especially thedailyplate.com is great for when you "accidently" ;-) eat something processed that doesn't have nutritional info printed on the wrappingpaper, box, jar or whatever.
  It's not exact, but it'll give you a close-enough idea of the caloric content, and how it's distributed. Yesterday I used it to find out how many calories was in a Ritter Sport Mousse au chocolát bar, for example. Or if you accidently fell onto a McDonalds cheeseburger, mouth first (don't you just hate it when that happens?), you can find out what it cost you in calories etc.
  Great tool, especially in combination with nutridiary.com
  Both thedailyplate.com and nutritiondata.com has a food journal, but imo. none of them are as easy to use as nutridiary.com, and they don't have the same report-options either.
  
  
• OnlineConversion.com - FREE
  
  Online conversion calculator.
  From the website: "Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions."
  I use this converter all the time, since a lot of articles, books, e-books, websites, recipes, explanations and instructions are written with U.S. and/or U.K. readers in mind.
  
  
• Living-Foods.com - FREE
  Convenient conversion chart for recipes.
  Not so much a tool, but a chart. Very useful when you stumble upon recipes that uses other measurements for weight and volume than you're used to.
  More handy than the converter at onlineconversion.com if you only need it for recipes.
  
  
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/Florina