Want to Improve Your Health? There's an App for That!

At iCan, we're concerned about making sure you have the right health insurance coverage, but we're also concerned about your health. This week we've decided to switch gears and give you a run-down of some of the most practical and helpful apps available to help you track and improve your health. From nutrition info that lets you know how healthy a given meal might be, to instruction videos that give you guidance on technique and physical training, there are countless ways you can transform your iPhone or Android phone into a health and fitness guide.

Some great applications include:

• iPhit Fitness Tracking: This program allows users to combine their Nike + iPod sensor kit with their iPhone to keep track of their walking or running progress.
• Limeade: Limeade aims to help users get healthy by giving them an assessment and helping them to develop personalized fitness goals. Best of all, the site has a version optimized just for use with the iPhone.
• Calories Burned Calculator: Figure out how many calories your workout is burning with this helpful mobile calculator.
• BMI Calculator: Get a good estimate of your Body Mass Index by using this calculator.
• iPhone Nutrition: This application allows you to enter in a food and get all the nutritional information on it you’ll need.
• iPhone Diet: You can use your iPhone as a personal diet and health coach with this nutrition monitoring program.
• FitSync: Get access to training programs, log your workouts and compare your progress to others with this great iPhone compatible application for using FitSync.
• iPharmacy: With iPharmacy you can browse through thousands of drug descriptions, illness symptoms, and drug side effects and interactions all right through your phone.