Did you know that your smartphone can help you become healthier? Keeping track of your health can be difficult when you’re busy, but if you carry your phone with you, it can help you track potential symptoms, monitor them, and alert you when something goes wrong.
Accessing vast databases of medical data is now possible due to technological advancements. These are a few ways your smartphone could potentially improve your health and save your life.
Calorie counting made easy
MyFitnessPal should be your best friend if you’re concerned with what you consume. When a product’s barcode is scanned using your phone’s camera, this free app automatically calculates the number of calories and macronutrients it contains. In addition, you can add your favorite recipes so that you do not have to manually enter each ingredient every time you eat.
Assess your digital health
The Digital Wellbeing feature enables you to monitor your app and website usage and establish daily limits. Once the limit is reached, the apps and websites pause and notifications become silent. Therefore, you will only spend time where and when you want.
Prevent you from decelerating
Did you know your device can track your daily steps? Although walking may seem mundane, it has a significant impact on fitness. Walking requires physical fitness, strength, and coordination. The Apple Health app can assist you in monitoring your walking data, including pace.
Examine your vitals
Using your phone’s camera, the Google Fit app can detect your heart and respiratory rates. Caffeine excess, dehydration, inactivity, and stress can all elevate it. A higher rate is associated with anxiety, fever, cardiovascular disease, and dehydration. A low respiratory rate may indicate sleep apnea or an overdose of a drug.
Implement a better sleep schedule
When it’s time to retire for the night, Wind Down helps you unwind. Simply set a bedtime and Do Not Disturb will turn your screen grayscale and silence your notifications. Therefore, you can get a full night’s sleep. There is no humming, buzzing, or endless scrolling to keep you awake.
Make you move more
Apple’s Health App and Google Fit have activity graphs that allow you to view and analyze the distribution of your daily activity levels. As prolonged inactivity poses a health risk, some apps send alerts to remind users to stand up and move around at regular intervals.
