<p>After taking a picture of the meal with the phone, the app gives a calorie read-out almost instantly.<br /><br />The app, called MealSnap, was developed by DailyBurn, a fitness social network that has created several other fitness and diet-related iPhone applications.<br /><br />Within minutes of taking a picture of a meal and matching it to a database of some 500,000 food items, the app sends users an alert with a range of calories for the meal that was photographed.<br /><br />“The database can quickly help identity the food, how many calories there are, proteins, fat, carbs, vitamins, whatever you may want to know,” said DailyBurn CEO Andy Smith.<br /><br />“Users can then choose to share what they’ve eaten on Twitter or FourSquare, leading to social accountability.”<br /><br />Smith added that calorie counting can be a very time consuming process. But the app makes <br />it easier to track the calories in food. “The pure act of tracking something can cause a psychological change that can help people on their health and fitness journey,” he explained. “Just the simple fact of logging it makes me more aware of what I’m eating.”<br /><br />Additionally, MealSnap can serve as a food diary, allowing users to keep a visual log of the meals they have eaten.<br /><br />“It is like a food journal, but easier. All you do is take the picture,” Smith said.<br /></p>
<p>After taking a picture of the meal with the phone, the app gives a calorie read-out almost instantly.<br /><br />The app, called MealSnap, was developed by DailyBurn, a fitness social network that has created several other fitness and diet-related iPhone applications.<br /><br />Within minutes of taking a picture of a meal and matching it to a database of some 500,000 food items, the app sends users an alert with a range of calories for the meal that was photographed.<br /><br />“The database can quickly help identity the food, how many calories there are, proteins, fat, carbs, vitamins, whatever you may want to know,” said DailyBurn CEO Andy Smith.<br /><br />“Users can then choose to share what they’ve eaten on Twitter or FourSquare, leading to social accountability.”<br /><br />Smith added that calorie counting can be a very time consuming process. But the app makes <br />it easier to track the calories in food. “The pure act of tracking something can cause a psychological change that can help people on their health and fitness journey,” he explained. “Just the simple fact of logging it makes me more aware of what I’m eating.”<br /><br />Additionally, MealSnap can serve as a food diary, allowing users to keep a visual log of the meals they have eaten.<br /><br />“It is like a food journal, but easier. All you do is take the picture,” Smith said.<br /></p>