Full Name: Cell-Phone Diet
Cell-Phone Diet Review
A mobile weight-loss diet
Origin: The Cell-Phone Diet is a weight loss diet that was founded by MyFoodPhone Nutrition Inc., a mobile health application service provider. MyFoodPhone is the first service to link consumers with nutritional advisors. Other mobile phone companies, including Sprint, Verizon and Cingular Wireless, have since followed suit.
Description: Dieters can lose weight on this diet by snapping pictures with their camera phones in exchange for feedback from nutritional advisors connected to their phone companies. Some cellular services will also calculate caloric intake and provide nutritional information about the foods their customers are eating.
Likes: Appropriately-sized portions of meat, vegetables, fruit, dairy, grains.
Dislikes: Large portion sizes, fatty foods, sugary beverages, heavy desserts, junk food
Looking For: Business professionals with their phones constantly glued to their ears and anyone who can’t make their own decisions.
Works Well With: Take out and office luncheons.
This weight-loss diet is easy to follow, but can be costly: about $100 per month depending on the cellular provider. Users simply take a photo of what they are eating and send it to a specific address. A nutritional advisor will review the photos and call the user with information about what they are eating, whether it is appropriate or not and diet advice.
The problem that many Cell-Phone Diet users may encounter on this diet is that some photos may be difficult to decipher and it is difficult for dieticians to know what exactly is in the food or how it was cooked. However, while they may not be able to calculate caloric intake, dieticians will be able to give advice about portion sizes and healthy-food choices.
