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MyHealthyGut app

An app for people wanting to learn about gut health or for people with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance.

MyHealthyGut	By KORE Digital Health Therapeutics Inc.
	Features Education and information (about gut health) Symptom tracking Meal plans and recipes Get the app: (external link) (external link)
Clinical review	Free version: Paid version: Read a clinical review of this app.
Security and privacy	Collects medical information: Yes Requires login: Yes (but only to one of the sections) Can be password protected: Yes Has a privacy policy: Yes(external link) Requires internet access to use: Yes Read more about safety tips around health apps
Cost	Free (basic); paid (upgrade) Learn more about app charges

What does the app do?

The app is divided into 4 main sections:

Home – information about general digestive health, including how the gut works, gut bacteria and how lifestyle and eating habits affect your gut. This is available with the free and paid versions.
Ready – the general digestive health section, which is available with the free version and has information on the top 25 pro-digestive foods and top 3 pro-digestive supplements. Information related to coeliac disease or gluten intolerance is only available with the paid upgrade.
Set – information on meals plans, with one basic meal plan available with the free version and others available with paid upgrade.
Go – comprises in-app packages for sale.

For the complete app description, go to iTunes(external link) , app website(external link) or, for a more detailed review, see Reviews.

PROS	CONS
✔ Developed by a dietitian, health psychologist and tech entrepreneur, with feedback from dietitians, doctors and people with coeliac disease. The development process was outlined in a published journal article(external link). ✔ The free version includes: comprehensive, evidence-based and extensively referenced education section on general gut health additional specific accurate information regarding coeliac disease and gluten intolerance 1-day meal plan (4 recipes) high-quality information about 3 supplements and 25 foods with specific reference to coeliac disease and gluten intolerance. ✔ The complete package ($6.99) includes: extra extremely comprehensive information about coeliac disease, gluten intolerance and practical tips searchable food database for what is safe to eat 7-day gluten free meal plan (24 recipes) shareable food and symptom journal and tracker high-quality information about 10 supplements and 50 foods with specific reference to coeliac disease and gluten intolerance diet and symptom tracker.	✘ No safe restaurant and grocery store lists. ✘ No community section. ✘ No barcode scanning. ✘ Some parts of the education section may be challenging for someone with poor health literacy and a low education background.

PROS

CONS

✔ Developed by a dietitian, health psychologist and tech entrepreneur, with feedback from dietitians, doctors and people with coeliac disease. The development process was outlined in a published journal article(external link).

✔ The free version includes:

comprehensive, evidence-based and extensively referenced education section on general gut health
additional specific accurate information regarding coeliac disease and gluten intolerance
1-day meal plan (4 recipes)
high-quality information about 3 supplements and 25 foods with specific reference to coeliac disease and gluten intolerance.

✔ The complete package ($6.99) includes:

extra extremely comprehensive information about coeliac disease, gluten intolerance and practical tips
searchable food database for what is safe to eat
7-day gluten free meal plan (24 recipes)
shareable food and symptom journal and tracker
high-quality information about 10 supplements and 50 foods with specific reference to coeliac disease and gluten intolerance
diet and symptom tracker.

✘ No safe restaurant and grocery store lists.

✘ No community section.

✘ No barcode scanning.

✘ Some parts of the education section may be challenging for someone with poor health literacy and a low education background.

Review details

Date of review: May 2019
Platform reviewed: Apple
Version: 1.0.8
Download size: 67.6 MB
Updated on: 1/12/2017

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Dowd AJ, Jackson C, Tang KTY, et al. MyHealthyGut: development of a theory-based self-regulatory app to effectively manage celiac disease(external link) Mhealth. 2018 Jun 11;4:19.

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