Zinc Counter and Tracker

Use this app to avoid zinc deficiency if you're on a vegan, vegetarian or plant-based diet or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Zinc is key for immune function, protein synthesis for healthy growth and development, wound healing, and cell signaling and division. Deficiency in pregnancy impairs outcomes for both child and mother while deficiency in infants and children can impair growth, and deficiency in older adults can impair wound healing and brain and mental health. Set your target daily zinc intake based on guidance provided in the app and your preferences for weights of food (g or oz) and display of zinc content in foods and beverages (ie, %target/serving, mg/100g or mg/1oz, or %target/100g or %target/1oz). Record food and beverage consumption using dictation, search, or by favoriting foods, and using the serving sizes provided, which can be changed at any time. Tap the notepad to add notes. Monitor daily and long-term progress, export data to share with healthcare providers, synchronize data with other First Line Medical Communications Ltd nutrient counter apps, and share data with Apple's HealthKit. Add your own foods and recipes and change serving sizes to personalize the app's 400-item database for you. The app also provides nutritional information for many healthy foods and supports a healthy gut microbiome diet using color-coded type and icons as follows: 1. All high-zinc foods (ie, contain more than 1.3mg of zinc per serving) appear in purple type. 2. Plants that can be included as one of the 30 different types of plant per week recommended by experts for a healthy gut microbiome and contain less than 1.3mg of zinc per serving are in green type (with a green leaf icon used to indicate a plant in the food popup). Those that are particularly good prebiotics are in dark green type. 3. Probiotics that contain less than 1.3mg of zinc per serving are in gold type with a gold microbe icon in the food popup. 4. Foods that are likely to be ultra-processed (UPFs) and contain less than 1.3mg of zinc per serving are in red type with a red warning triangle in the food popup. 5. Foods in black type contain less than 1.3mg of zinc per serving and are neither UPF, plant, prebiotic nor probiotic and are healthy when consumed in moderation as part of a healthy diet.