These days everybody's got some monitoring device - a wearable, a FitBit, even your phone, none of them actually matter unless you are living a healthy lifestyle.
The goal is really to use these devices to further enhance your sort of direction in health.
So, what I always tell patients to do is to get a device that they're comfortable with and they can use, and if they want an app instead that monitors, some keep track of calories, some keep track of distance and time spent exercising and some keep track of steps.
So, the bottom line is the apps, the technology, the wearables, the monitors are all fantastic, but they need to be in the context of eating mostly unprocessed, whole, plant based foods, exercising regularly for a goal of a minimum of 30 minutes of brisk activity, and throughout the day trying to get 10,000 steps at the minimum. And, of course working on stress relief and mindfulness.
Following that plan usually does wonders.
