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Diabetic Recipes App & Planner

An app aimed at people living with diabetes who are seeking convenient access to a variety of recipes and meal ideas.
Note: The source of the content is not clear and recipes are not assessed to determine if they are “healthy” or nutritionally balanced for people with diabetes.

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Diabetic Recipes App & Planner	By Riafy Technologies
	Features Recipes with images. Cookbook categorised into meals, food types and occasions. Recipes can be searched by ingredient. Metrics conversion.
Country of origin	India
Clinical review	Read a clinical review, including safety concerns, below.
Security and privacy	Does the app: Collect medical information? No Require a login? No Have password protection? No Have a privacy policy? No Require internet access to use? Yes Read more about safety and security when using apps. Brochures: Tips to improve your privacy and security [PDF, 65 KB] Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ Staying safe online(external link) Netsafe, NZ
Cost	Basic is free; paid upgrade version.
Advertisements	This app contains ads. Premium does not contain ads.
How to get the app	(external link)

The Diabetic Recipes App & Planner provides recipes in video and text format with nutrition information, diabetes condition overviews and dietary management information. The source of this information on the app is not identified and recipes sources are variable and pulled from other blogs and websites.

Examples of sections in the free app include:

cookbook
favourite recipes
videos
stories
grocery list.

Examples of sections in the paid app include:

meal planner
articles
personalised content.

For the complete app description, go to Google Play(external link), or, for a more detailed review, see reviews below.

PROS	CONS
✔ Wide collection of recipes. ✔ Video and written recipes. ✔ Ability to save favourites.	✘ Recipes are not assessed to determine if they are “healthy” or nutritionally balanced for people with diabetes. ✘ Sources of content are not clear.

PROS

CONS

✔ Wide collection of recipes.

✔ Video and written recipes.

✔ Ability to save favourites.

✘ Recipes are not assessed to determine if they are “healthy” or nutritionally balanced for people with diabetes.

✘ Sources of content are not clear.

Clinical review

Reviewer: Frances Arenhold, Registered Dietitian
Date of review: February 2024
Platform: Android
Version: 11.16.434
Comments: The free version of the Diabetic Recipe App & Planner pulls together a range of recipes and meal ideas from various internet blogs, video channels and sources. The content is suitable for general idea generation. It's not clear if the recipes are tried and tested or reviewed by a diabetes dietitian. Although some recipes may be lower in sugar, or use sugar substitutes, they still may contain excess of other nutrients, eg, saturated fat. The app doesn't help the user understand the recipe choice in the context of other meals they may be consuming, and doesn’t take medication regime, activity or fluid consumption into consideration.
Advice from a registered dietitian or health professional should be sought before integrating the app into the dietary management of diabetes.
Safety concerns: This app should be used in conjunction with an understanding of a balanced diet for diabetes management including the need to understand portion size, meal timing, moderation, carbohydrate counting (when applicable). In addition users should have a good understanding of their diabetes medication and how it's influenced by food consumed.
New Zealand relevance: Diabetes affects individuals in different ways, and dietary and medical management of the condition varies. This app is not suitable for all people living with diabetes and advice from a registered dietitian or health professional should be sought before integrating the app into the dietary management of individual patients with diabetes.

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