Application aims: Encyclopedic Health Knowledge On Your BlackBerry

Reviewer's Comments
Best Diets, Plans, Recipes and Nutrition Encyclopedia is a departure from the other applications reviewed in this category in both form and function. It isn’t intended to help you record and analyze your own exercise and nutrition behavior. Rather, it is a genuine encyclopedia of health knowledge in an easy to use, mobile electronic format.

Information in the encyclopedia can be researched using a traditional alphabetical index or it can read as a book. It’s organized into ten chapters each of which is further divided into articles which you can quickly access by clicking the link. Chapters include:

• Popular Diets
• Healthy Diet
• Nutrition
• Guidelines for Nutrient Consumption
• Essential Nutrients
• Body Weight and BMI
• Appetite
• Food Allergy
• Eating Disorders
• Food Groups

For example, the Guidelines for Nutrient Consumption chapter is comprised of Calorie, Traditional Food Pyramid, MyPyramid, Serving Size, Reference Daily Intake, Dietary Reference Intake, Food labeling, Nutritional Facts Panel and Glycemic Index.

In order to read the data in the Encyclopedia, you must download the free MobiPocket Reader to your computer and install it on the BlackBerry. The process isn’t difficult and you’ll be prompted to do so during the normal download and installation process.

Reading a particular subject or article on the BlackBerry while on the go is a great resource; however, reading an encyclopedia on a BlackBerry or any other cell phone can be quite a strain. Fortunately, the MobiPocket Reader offers an alternative in that it also makes the Encyclopedia available for access on your computer. Many people will find it preferable to read very long segments on the much larger computer screen.

Best Diets, Plans, Recipes and Nutrition Encyclopedia is a tremendous resource for anyone who wishes to have immediate access to a wide variety of the most important diet and nutrition information. Its $9.99 price is a good value for such an informative guide.

Check out our entire lineup of BlackBerry health and fitness apps as well as our other application reviews to help you get the most out of your BlackBerry smartphone.