MyIP

People who do not consume enough fiber are prone to overweight and obesity, type 2 diabetes, high LDL "bad" cholesterol, heart attack, stroke, constipation, diverticular disease, hemorrhoids, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, arthritis, many types of cancer, depression, Alzheimer's dementia and Parkinson's disease. A 2013 review and meta-analysis of 11 studies on the effect of fiber intake on the risk of diabetes concluded that there is a 6% reduction in risk for every 7g/day of fibre. Later, in 2019, the Lancet published a review and meta-analysis of 135 million person-years of data from 185 prospective studies and 58 clinical trials with 4635 adult participants showing that people with a daily intake of between 25g and 29g of fiber have a 15–30% lower risk of type 2 diabetes than those who consume very little fiber. The risk appears to be even less for those who have higher daily intakes of fiber (over 29g/day). Use this app to ensure you are consuming enough fiber every day.
Set your daily fiber intake based on guidance provided in the app and your preferences for weights of food (g or oz) and display of fiber content in foods and beverages (ie, g or %target/serving, g/100g or g/1oz, or %target/100g or %target/1oz).
Record food and beverage consumption using the barcode scanner, dictation, search or by favoriting foods and using the serving sizes provided (which can be changed at any time). Tap the notepad to add notes.
Monitor daily and long-term progress, export data to share with healthcare providers, synchronise data with other First Line Medical Communications Ltd nutrient counter apps, and share data with Apple's HealthKit.
Add your own foods and recipes and change serving sizes to personalize the 400-item database for you.
All food and beverage popups indicate whether the item is a plant, good prebiotic, probiotic or ultra-processed food (UPF) to inform a healthy diet and whether they are high or low FODMAP per serving where data are available to support people with irritable bowel syndrome.
The app provides nutritional information for many healthy foods and supports a healthy gut microbiome diet using color-coded type and icons as follows:
1. All high-fiber foods (ie, contain more than 3g of fiber per serving) appear in purple type. Tap on the food name to find out more about the food including the serving size and see icons: a green leaf icon indicates that the food is a plant and can be included as one of the 30 different types of plant per week recommended by experts for a healthy gut microbiome; a red warning triangle icon indicates that the food is ultra-processed (see below); a gold microbe icon indicates that the food is a probiotic.
2. Plants that can be included as one of the 30 different types of plant per week recommended by experts for a healthy gut microbiome and contain less than 3g of fiber per serving are in green type (with a green leaf icon used to indicate a plant in the food popup). The most prebiotic of these plants (ie, those particularly beneficial for the gut microbiome) are in a darker green type.
3. Fermented foods that contain beneficial live microbes to become part of the gut microbiome (probiotics) and contain less than 3g of fiber per serving are in gold type with a gold microbe icon in the food popup.
4. Foods that are likely to be ultra-processed (UPFs) & contain less than 3g of fiber per serving are in red type with a red warning triangle in the food popup.
5. Foods in black type contain less than 3g of fiber per serving and are neither UPF, plant, prebiotic nor probiotic and are healthy when consumed in moderation as part of a healthy diet.