Dowloading right tips on health and diet

Your smartphone's application store has a number of diet and health related applications that make it easy to keep tabs on your calorie intake and help you stick to a healthy lifestyle. Here's what you should download right away.

LOSE IT!
This app automatically creates a daily 'calorie budget' based on your personal details and weight loss goals. Enter everything you eat and your exercise totals for the day and the app will display how many calories you can still consume.

IBODY
This award-winning app allows you to record important health factors for your body: weight, blood pressure, pulse rate and BMI. (Price: $9.99; Apple.com/iTunes)

EPICURIOUS
Thinking of cooking up a storm for dinner? The Epicurious app could come in handy. With thousands of recipes available, you are provided with many options including health ratings for each one.

NUTRITION MENU
This app boasts the largest freestanding nutritional information database in the market. You'll find the calorie, fat, carb and fibre counts for over 79,000 food items, without connecting to the internet.