Show HN: iPhone App to help you stick to the Paleo Diet

http://paleoviz.com

by loumf • 14 years ago

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paleoviz.com

boon• 14 years ago

From my experience, if you are doing the paleo "diet" right, you don't need help sticking to it.

cema• 14 years ago

But any help is appreciated when you are starting it.

loumf6• 14 years ago

It helped me a lot to journal. When I do, I'm much more strict. This has been a finding generally with lots of habits.

I tried to make the app specific to paleo because the journaling opens up possibilities if I know the domain of the journal.

joelrunyon3• 14 years ago

So is this app about sharing or tracking?

The tagline is "PaleoViz helps you keep to a Paleo diet by giving you an easy way to track your meals"

But, the later the real benefit seems to be "share great paleo meals with friends."

Which is it?

loumf6• 14 years ago

This version is mostly tracking with twitter for sharing. I am building out a backend for sharing right now.

I intend the app to be hired for two jobs: motivation in sticking to the diet and recommending paleo meals. Tracking and sharing are the features that will help me do that.

Since, at a minimum, I need you to track, I tried to make an app where tracking would be encouraged and easy (still plenty of room for improvement, but that's my intention)

bornhuetter2• 14 years ago

I'm on paleo atm, but I don't have an iPhone, so I can't test this out. I don't understand what this app is supposed to do - is the word "paleo" completely arbirary in this case?

I can't see any way in which exchanging the word "paleo" for "vegan" or "gluten free" wouldn't make it the same product. Is this just a generic food journal, or is there anything that specifically makes it "paleo"?

It does look nicely presented (except for that awful iOS date picker thing).

AznHisoka2• 14 years ago

Does the app tell me if a food I'm eating is Paleo or not? Say I plug in "beef", it'll tell me yes, it's Paleo. if I plug in "Skittles" it'll say no. That'd be tremendously useful, as there are already tons of tracking apps out there.

joelrunyon3• 14 years ago

The problem with that is there's different definitions of paleo, depending on who you follow and how strict you are.

Dairy and legumes are examples of paleo diet foods that are borderline and depend on who you talk to.

loumf6• 14 years ago

Exactly. I intend the ratings to be your personal standard. Later I'll have ways for you to use your own data, and optionally, shared data.

AznHisoka2• 14 years ago

Right, the app doesnt have to give a Yes or No answer. There could be a it depends as well. It'll still be useful.

loumf6• 14 years ago

The idea is that as you track and rate, your personal data will be the best thing to base these features on.

That's not in yet, but that's he plan. This is a 1.0 to get you tracking.

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