Dr. David Wiss, a renowned nutritionist and health expert from Los Angeles, CA has developed a new app called Wise Mind Nutrition that aims to change the way people approach tracking their food intake. The free version of the app, which will be available in March 2023, offers a new take on the traditional method of tracking food by shifting the focus away from fitness and toward mental and emotional well-being.
Unlike most apps that are quantitative, Wise Mind Nutrition takes a mental health-centered approach, focusing on qualitative aspects of food tracking. Instead of just tracking calories and macronutrients, the app encourages users to identify what food groups they consumed, how hungry they were before and how full after, and any thoughts or feelings that come up. The app is more of a recovery journal than a data driven journey, but there are some very useful stats that show trends.
“The app's framework is designed to help users learn how to trust their internal physiological cues for successful, long-term sustainable eating,” Dr. Wiss said. “By emphasizing hunger and fullness, the app encourages people to rely on their internal signals rather than external indicators. Instead of me being an expert on everyone, the program is teaching people how to become the expert on themselves."
The app discourages extremes and instead emphasizes regular and consistent eating patterns to help the body access its own innate wisdom. However, “learning how to trust your body again can take some time and effort” Dr. Wiss said.
The app's main goal is to help people build their own nutritional identity, and the assumption is that if one can satisfy their brains need for nutrients, they will eventually be able to trust their body's signals, which can be led astray by extreme dietary approaches.
One of the key tenets for brain health is eating foods with the most anti-inflammatory potential, so the app encourages an anti-inflammatory approach to eating by focusing on all the medicinal foods that live at the intersection of nutritious and delicious. Additionally, the framework encourages people to count colors instead of count calories, making the process accessible for everyone.
"You are going to be an eater for the rest of your life, so you might as well build some confidence, competency, and culinary literacy," Dr. Wiss said.
For more information, a free download “Five Ways You Can Use Nutrition to Improve Your Mental Health” and for early access to the app, sign up at https://wisemindnutrition.com/.
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