While traveling abroad, eating healthy may be a concern. It can be tempting to try all the foreign cuisine, but you might not be sure if the new food you're trying would be approved by nutritionists. Well, in true iPhone form, there's an app for that.
Eat Well Global, Inc. has developed a set of apps that function as a "nutritionist in your pocket." The apps provide food guides for various countries to help business and leisure travelers maintain healthy eating habits and manage their diet while traveling in a foreign place.
The new apps being released this week only cover a limited number of countries and there is a separate app for each. So far, the apps include Eat Well Israel, China, Argentina, Mexico, Japan, Thailand and Venezuela.
According to Eat Well Global founder, Julie Meyer, RD, "Eating well is critical for maintaining energy and staying focused. But often travelers don't know how to eat well in a new country and can fall off a healthy eating plan. Our apps fill this need with insights from local registered dietitians to help you find healthy and energizing foods that are also authentic to the region."
The country guides are currently available for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android devices. Each individual app costs $2.99. However, there is also an Eat Well for Business Travel app for $1.99.
The Eat Well for Business Travel app is created for business travelers who are looking for tips, tools, and resources for how to eat well while on business trips. Special tips include how to eat well in an airport or in a meeting.
The Eat Well Global country guides cover a variety of tips. The guides explain "How to Eat Well," which provides a look at the host country, a market tour, food safety information and dishes that are typical to that location.
The app also explains "Where to Eat Well" which outlines nutritionist-approved listings in major cities such as restaurants, market, delivery services and cooking schools.
The "Eating Well with Special Dietary Needs" feature helps those who are looking for meals that are low fat, Kosher, Vegan, Gluten free, or allergy safe. It provides listings of where to get these foods and audio files in the country's language that will help make ordering easier.
The "Eat Well at Home" feature provides you with authentic, healthy recipes from local chefs that you can use after you return from your foreign trip to recreate the tasty meals you had.
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