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The iPhone takes connectivity to a new level; it can also help you stay healthy. There are iPhone applications galore out there that can be used to manage your health; ailments; conditions; keep track of medicines, your weight, calorie intake; and so on. With so many wonderful tools out there, it can be difficult to select a few that would be of best use to you. After all, these apps are probably going to share space with others on music, nature, general knowledge and so many others. Here we bring you six iPhone apps to manage your own health.

1. Food IQ – An application that takes information related to food, diet, calories, nutrients, etc to a new level of detail. It’s essentially an all-in-one monitor for your health. There are eighteen nutrients listed on the application and you can keep tabs of your daily intake down to the last morsel. The application’s ingenuity rests on a database of 7200 food items and their related nutritional information. The application is customizable, for instance you can recipes to it. A perfect companion for the dedicated / pathological calorie counter.

2. Restaurant Nutrition – This one’s for all those determined would-be dieters who twice a month swear on all that is sacred to them and vow to give up fast food; but then their resolutions last only so long as the smell of next fried hot dog does not waft into their nostrils. With this application, they can no longer brush aside those lurking apprehensions about the quality and calories of stuff served in restaurants and fast food joints such as Chili’s, Arby’s, Burger King, McDonald’s, and Denny’s. You can search for food items by a number of parameters such as calories and carbohydrates. A simply superb; sensible; and sensitive aspect of this application is that it updates when a restaurant adds something new to its menu.

3. BodyBook – Basically, a fitness and exercise log that’s easy to use and chock-full of functions. This iPhone application is pre-loaded with more than 60 exercises and even allows you to add your own. View and edit exercise history, track repetitions, weight, time, energy burnt, and more. You can view results in English and metric units. Graphical representation of the results can tell you at a glance about body parts that need attention. A useful thing that can prevent you from over-exercising.

4. A.D.A.M. Symptom Navigator – Aptly named application that lets you take a call on what to do – go for some self-care or pay a visit to the doctor. You have to select sex, body type, orientation, and choose the part of body that you wish to research. The extensive data on symptoms is a reassuring thing to have with you, particularly when traveling, on vacation, or even at home.

5. Pain Free – Banish aches and pains that arise from faulty postures. The pains can be chronic or just niggles; the application guides you through exercises targeting aches in a particular limb. Perform the set of exercises and you are likely to get relief. The true value of this application lies in its ability to let you arrest the physical symptoms before they deteriorate and you require extensive physical therapy.

6. Medicinal Herbs – For lovers of natural healing, alternative medicine, or those looking for the right herbs to flavor the next soup, this application fulfills the need. Great reference source for those with a backyard to fulfill their desires for natural supplements. A lot many herbs are available today in capsule form; you can look up their properties and benefits here before purchasing them.