Tomorrow I'll be moving into my new (first) apartment.
I'm slightly nervous, but it really hasn't been occupying
my mind. As a college student I'm used to moving regularly
and living in a single room.
I've been more worried about past relationships and my
health. It's easy to neglect your health while buried
under studies and new responsibilities. And health
encompasses physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
well being. I am glad that moving into my own place will
give me more control of my privacy and purchasing my own
food. I've heard it repeated many times that the best
gains in physical health are made in the kitchen. Once
I figure out groceries and cooking perhaps I'll post some
information onto here.
Open Source has always been lacking in the health field,
through my searching I've found a few open source resources
- wger An open source calorie and fitness tracker
Very well developed, designed to be self
hosted. Web app.
- NUT Some sort of nutritional database, seems
to not be alive.
- CRONometer Calorie tracker. WAS open source, but the
developers have since stopped developing
it and have instead formed a paid/hosted
version of it.
- OpenFoodFacts Crowdsourced nutritional database. Has an
Android application for scanning and
contributing your own data. Very nice and
very useful. Probably one of the most
fruitful open source projects in health.
- grocy A self-hosted web app ERP to keep track
of your food stock. Can help reduce the
amount of food you buy, and can alert you
when things are soon to expire. Nicely
polished, but has been made mainly by one
developer and documentation is wanting.
This is by no means an exhaustive list. Just the things
that I've found during my searches. Food, nutrition and
health are all things that probably could benefit the most
from open source data and programs. Almost every workout
plan, diet, nutrition advice or program is behind a monthly
subscription service and costs a fortune. Everyone deserves
a healthy body and to know the food that they are taking in.
