In a kind of follow up to my drinking habits post last week, as I noticed in the news this morning that the NHS have brought out a phone app that helps you keep track of your alcohol intake.
The following was taken from here :
The Department of Health has announced that people can download a mobile phone application to keep track of their festive drinking.
Public health minister Gillian Merron launched the “alcohol tracker”, which is available from iTunes and www.nhs.uk.
It allows drinkers to input how much they are consuming and view graphs of whether they are sticking to recommended units, which are three to four a day for a man and two to three for a woman.
The application also helps people work out how many alcoholic units there are in a drink and get personalised feedback on their habits.
Ms Merron said: “It is all too easy to lose track of how much you drink. So as the festive parties start to build up, this innovative tool will help people keep tabs on their drinking – wherever they are.
“Sticking within the NHS recommended limits means you reduce the risk of serious conditions such as mouth cancer and strokes.”
Chris Sorek, chief executive of Drinkaware, said: “Trying to stick within the daily unit guidelines will help people avoid the January slump and the long term health implications associated with drinking too much alcohol.”
People with a standard mobile can access a units calculator by texting the word UNIT to 64746.
I’m going to use the app and track all my drink for december then post a report on here, along with weekly update’s, so who’s going to join me?
Units are complicated, so too is entering the information on a phone, which suggests to me after a few drinks app unit calculators will be redundant. You would have to be uber-geek to whip out your phone then run round telling people what was in their drink!
Given it has been a year since the post, my guess is it was too damn hard.