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Your source for science-backed nutrition info and the latest Cronometer updates.

App Updates & Features

Welcome SparkPeople Users! We’re sad to hear that SparkPeople will no longer offer nutrition and exercise tracking. This leaves current users looking for an alternative; we believe Cronometer can be that alternative! With 5 million users worldwide Cronometer has developed a reputation in the industry for supplying the most accurate and comprehensive nutrition...

Health

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Is Sugar Bad for You?

For years now, there has been a lot of buzz about sugar and how it can affect your health. Since one of our main objectives at Cronometer is to spread the facts, educate and empower you to make the best nutrition decisions, we asked our in-house experts to tell us a bit more...

App Updates & Features

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Macro Targets Revamp

We’ve made a lot of changes within the app recently, some of which you have been asking for for a while (we listen, we promise!). Check out what’s new: Profile Settings Energy Burned We wanted to include all sources of energy burned – including the energy it takes to digest your food. This...

App Updates & Features

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How To: Use Cronometer’s Nutrition Scores (Gold Feature)

Introducing the Calcium Absorption Score Calcium intake is only part of the story. This new score helps estimate how much calcium your body is likely to absorb based on your overall diet, so you can go beyond totals and understand how usable your calcium intake may be day to day. Nutrients aren’t eaten...

App Updates & Features

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Device Integration: Samsung Health

INTRODUCING HEALTH CONNECT As of February 9, 2024 all Android users will have the ability to connect their Cronometer account to Health Connect, a Google app allowing you to share your health data across several platforms. Health Connect will act as a replacement integration for Samsung Health and Google Fit. New Cronometer users...

App Updates & Features

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How To Enable Dark Mode In Cronometer

This blog will be short and sweet, but we just wanted to let you know that you can switch to the dark side with dark mode! You Asked, We Listened Did you know that we read and respond to every app review? Well, we had a few coming in asking for this feature,...

User Stories

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Discovering COVID-19 With The Oura Ring: A Staff Story

guest post by eliisa tennant, community marketing manager at cronometer I got COVID-19. There. I said it. Trust me, these words do not roll off my tongue easily. There is an element to this pandemic that I did not anticipate until I tested positive – and that was wrestling with the shame and...

User Stories

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Feature Friday: @steven.duckwiler

How did you learn about Cronometer? I learned about Cronometer through a YouTube video I watched a while back on micronutrients. What is your favourite feature? The micronutrient feature is my favorite as most calorie tracking apps don’t allow that for free. Tell us about your diet! My diet consists of calorie counting...