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Fitness

Should You Exercise When You’re Sick?

There’s nothing worse than coming down with an illness, especially when you’ve been consistent with your fitness routine. It throws you off your game and

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Health

GLP-1 Drugs: How Cronometer Can Help

GLP-1 agonists are a class of medications, such as Ozempic, that mainly help manage blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes. Some GLP-1 agonists can also

App Updates & Features

Our Men’s Health Nutrition Score

Nutrition Score Focuses on Men’s Health Available Free To Male Users For The Month Of June It’s no surprise that males and females are quite

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Sync Your Fitbit

NEW: MORE METRICS NOW AVAILABLE On the latest version of Cronometer, you can now import heart rate variability, V02 Max, respiration rate and temperature. Re-authorize

App Updates & Features

Our Women’s Health Nutrition Score

Nutrition Score Focuses on Women’s Health Available Free To Female Users For The Month Of May Here at Cronometer, we’re big supporters of the fact

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Health

Tips on Sleep Resetting

Reseting Your Sleep Schedule Sometimes it feels like you’re consistently sleeping like a baby – and other times you might feel like a good night’s

Health

How To Track And Improve Your Heart Health

Improving Your Heart Health We’re all about helping our users live a happy and healthy life. Knowing that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of

App Updates & Features

How To: Leverage Your Sleep Data

Taking Advantage Of Your Imported Sleep Stats NEW: APPLE HEALTH NOW IMPORTING SLEEP DATA On the latest version of Cronometer, users can now import sleep

Health

How To: Build Healthy Habits

Habits are the building blocks of our daily lives. From the moment we wake up to the time we go to bed, our actions are

Nutrition

9 Tips For Achieving Long-Term Weight Loss

Key Factors In Achieving Sustainable Weight Loss Embarking on a journey towards sustainable weight loss is a life-long commitment to a healthier, happier you. While

Nutrition

How Fast Should I Lose Weight?

Impacts Of Losing Weight Quick vs. Slow Embarking on a weight loss journey can be a challenging yet rewarding experience. One of the most common

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Nutrition

5 Nutrition Tips To Help Reduce Anxiety

Eat Calm and Carry On written by dr. uma naidoo, nutritional psychiatrist Here are some of my favorite foods and essential nutrients to make 2024

Longevity

What Do Our Trends in Cronometer Tell Us?

Demystifying Cronometer’s Trends Have you ever wondered what all the data in Cronometer could be useful for? Some people have been logging foods into their

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Sync Withings Data

Many of our users know that we’ve been supporting a Withings integration for a long time now – over a decade! Withings supporters have long

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Oura Ring

Sync Oura Ring Data Into Your Cronometer Account NEW: IMPORT CYCLE INSIGHTS​ On the latest version of Cronometer, females can now import Cycle Insights from

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: WHOOP

Today, we are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with WHOOP to offer a seamless integration of exercise, sleep cycle and recovery data directly

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Garmin

IMPROVED DAILY ACTIVITY To increase accuracy, we recently improved how daily activity is imported from your Garmin device. 👟 Daily Activity Calculation: The Garmin ‘Daily

App Updates & Features

Oura Integration Feature: Cycle Insights

Cycle Insights With Cronometer & ŌURA It will come as no surprise to anyone – especially the ladies out there – that the female reproductive

Health

Nutrients that Affect Hydration

Nutrient Considerations For Optimal Hydration Hydration is a fundamental aspect of maintaining optimal health and functionality. It is about more than just drinking water; it

Fitness

Work Out With Don Saladino

Here at Cronometer, we love our users and want to see each and every one of you achieve your health and wellness goals. To help

Health

Using Nutrition To Increase Testosterone

How To Increase Your Testosterone Naturally FROM THE REGISTERED DIETITIANS AT FEASTGOOD. Nutrient timing is an increasingly popular strategy aimed at optimizing our body’s natural

App Updates & Features

How To: Use The Fasting Timer (Gold Feature)

Intermittent Fasting With Cronometer A CRONOMETER GOLD FEATURE Our Fasting Timer is available to Cronometer Gold users and is a great way to keep track

Health

Improving Sleep Quality: What To Avoid

Which Foods Hinder Your Ability To Sleep? from the registered dietitians at feastgood. You may have heard that certain nutrients can impact sleep. But does

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Dexcom

Sync Dexcom Data Into Your Cronometer Account PLEASE NOTE Our Dexcom integration is currently only available to users in the United States. We hope to

Nutrition

Using Cronometer On The Keto Diet

Tips For Using Cronometer On The Ketogenic Diet We know that a ton of our users are following a ketogenic diet, so we’ve created several

Health

Ways To Boost Your Immune System

Immunity Boosting Micronutrients Since it’s flu season – and most of us at the office are feeling it – we thought we’d shine a light

Health

Mastering Diabetes with Cronometer

All About Diabetes If you’ve ever been curious about diabetes, or how you can leverage Cronometer to help manage your condition, you’ve come to the

Health

A Look Into Sugar-Free Sensitivities

Breaking Down Sugar Alternatives Isn’t it great that we’ve now come into a world where we can enjoy our guilty pleasure snacks, guilt-free? Many products

App Updates & Features

How Two: Stool Tracking With Cronometer

How To Track Your Stool In Cronometer Yes, you heard us correctly; we track stool. 💩 After sitting on it for hours – “it” being

Health

Where Does Energy Come From In Your Diet?

Where Does Energy Come From? It’s no secret that our bodies use food to energize us and keep our systems running. Carbohydrates are our bodies’

Health

Can You Drink Too Much Water?

The Details Of Overhydration If you’re asking yourself “can I drink too much water?”, the answer is yes. We don’t get asked this very often

Health

What’s The Deal With Electrolytes?

All About Electrolytes Is it just us or has the word electrolyte been buzzing around for quite some time? A buzz word, you might say.

Nutrition

The Best Backpacking Meals

If you’re wondering what dehydrated meal to bring on your next adventure then look no further! Cronometer staffers pulled out their forks to taste test

App Updates & Features

Device Integration: Suunto

We are thrilled to partner with Suunto to offer a seamless integration of exercise and daily active energy data directly into your Cronometer account.  Suunto,

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App Updates & Features

How To: Track Your Heart Rate Over Time

Tracking Your Heart Rate Over Time For those of you importing heart rate data from your devices, did you know you can track this over

Nutrition

Nutrition For Beginners

Nutrition 101: The Basics If you’re finding yourself on this page, chances are that you’re brand new to nutrition and that you don’t know where

Health

Dietitians Discuss Diet And Eczema

Registered Dietitians Discuss The Link Between Diet And Eczema Eczema is a common, chronic and complex skin disease that arises as a result of interactions

Health

How Can Diet & Nutrition Affect Acne

How Can Diet And Nutrition Affect Acne Acne is a chronic, multifactorial skin condition that is estimated to affect 9.4% of the global population, putting

Nutrition

Nutrition With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Nutrition With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Follow along for bi-weekly nutrition tips from Dr. Gabrielle Lyon. She goes over why you should track your nutrition, her

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Health

All About Collagen

Collagen has been getting its moment in the spotlight lately as many people are learning about and reaping the benefits of supplementing it in their

Fitness

Fitness With Celebrity Trainer Don Saladino

Follow along for bi-weekly workouts lead by celebrity trainer and fitness entrepreneur, Don Saladino. He covers abs, a full body circuit, mobility exercises and more!

Nutrition

Top Diets from the Past Decade

There are so many options available today when it comes to dieting. A few are gaining in popularity at unprecedented rates and some have stood

Health

All About Alcohol

Want to learn more about this popular substance? Read on to find out some answers to our staff’s most burning questions. What Happens When You

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Health

Meet Gayle: Know Yourself Ambassador

We’re on a mission to get more people in tune with their bodies. Why? Because when you know what you need to feel your best,

Health

Tracking Nutrition Without Focusing on Calories

Tracking Nutrition Without Calories How does one effectively track their nutrition while avoiding counting calories? We’ve seen this question pop up a few times recently,

Health

Should I Take Creatine?

Creatine is one of the most highly studied supplements around today! In regards to high-intensity exercise and sports, we know that taking creatine may lead

Health

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

Fitness

A Cronometer Home Workout Plan

Most of the world is currently on lock down for quarantine. People are being asked to stay indoors unless it’s a necessity to go out.

Health

Boosting Immunity For COVID-19 Defense

Cronometer was founded on the desire to empower people to make the most informed nutrition decisions possible. We feel during this challenging time that it

Nutrition

Tips For Reducing Your Sugar Intake

guest post by david dAck, running specialist and fitness writer Reducing your sugar intake is perhaps the single best thing you can do your health

Health

Foods That Help Fight Cancer

What is Cancer? Before we go further and discuss the strategies that can be implemented to lower your risk of cancer, it’s helpful to understand

Nutrition

Should You Buy Organic?

In today’s nutrition lexicon, ‘organic’ has become synonymous with ‘healthy’. Many food companies are guilty of using the term to mislead consumers into believing that

Fitness

Nutrition And Nutrient Needs For Athletes

The role of nutrition in the maintenance of good health and prevention of disease is well-established. For the competitive or recreational athlete, proper nutrition is

Nutrition

Does What We Eat Change our Metabolism?

We’ve all seen those flashy headlines that promise effortless weight loss by simply adding a few key foods that are *guaranteed* to increase your metabolism. 

Health

Food Allergies vs Intolerances

guest post by susan macfarlane, registered dietitian nutritionist Recent estimates suggest that 3.6% of Americans, or approximately 1 in 25 adults, live with a food