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Rumored 'Healthbook' App for iOS 8 Suggests Significant Health Component to iWatch
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You won't have to try to delete it you may not see it but iCloud persistence will dominate at some point. Look at apps now, but with Apple's Apps they will still be operational. Fully, operational. Apple's Apps will be in a category all by themselves and cloud managed. That's my prediction! Sure delete the icon if it makes you feel better. What an NSA treasure trove!
So bluetooth must be ON at all times? Given my 5S battery life.. I am afraid the the next phone will have a shorter battery life than the watch!!
Apple stop slimming the phone.. it makes no sense and is actually ridiculous. It just doesn't feel right.
Go back to iPhone 4S for the right heft and feel@
Apple stop slimming the phone.. it makes no sense and is actually ridiculous. It just doesn't feel right.
Go back to iPhone 4S for the right heft and feel@
one of their recent hires was someone who made a working prototype of microneedles that measured blood chemistry. That tech will come soon, if apple releases it, i'm sure it will be pretty accurate.
Your argument doesn't make sense. It's a product that provides convenience and many people will be swayed by that. Whether it really gives them a health advantage or not.
Many of the products we use have a convenience aspect. The TV and especially it's remote, cars etc etc.
Just because we are able to function without a product does not mean there isn't a market for it and that it shouldn't exist.
Yep, could be cool, but i hifhly doubt the iwatch, or any other watch for that matter, to be able to handle blood pressure and glucose levels without some sort of add-on tools/sensors etc. Would still be pretty neat if all hooks up to the iwatch and you could get some sort of aggregated health status via the heatlhbook app.
Ok I'll buy it
This is the first rumor that's made me the least bit interested in an iWatch. A few years ago it wouldn't have made a difference; but now that I see the big 4-0 fast approaching, I'm starting to care about my blood pressure. That alone could be a killer app for anyone 40 and over.
If the watch could at least run fitness apps like Runkeeper without a phone present, and have them take advantage of the health sensors so they could finally monitor stationary workouts (e.g. weights, treadmills, etc.), that'd be even better.
This is the first rumor that's made me the least bit interested in an iWatch. A few years ago it wouldn't have made a difference; but now that I see the big 4-0 fast approaching, I'm starting to care about my blood pressure. That alone could be a killer app for anyone 40 and over.
If the watch could at least run fitness apps like Runkeeper without a phone present, and have them take advantage of the health sensors so they could finally monitor stationary workouts (e.g. weights, treadmills, etc.), that'd be even better.
Sorry, it's you who do not, or are taken in by the massive moneymaking slimming industry.
It not rocket science.
You look at your daily lifestyle, and let's say given all you do, you burn up 2000 calories.
You eat 1500 calories of food over a period of time. Don't cheat. Stick to that number and you will lose weight.
It's scientifically impossible not to.
Naturally it's best if those 1500 calories come from natural healthy balanced food and not candy and sugar drinks, but thats all there is too it.
Sorry, no magic.
I'm curious how is monitoring your blood pressure helping you more accurately track caloric burn?
Speaking only for myself and my wife agrees (whew) I don't see much of a functional benefit to this as a true fitness monitor over a regular one from say Polar. We will need to see the actual deliverable to know for sure, but it isn't looking like something that'll replace what we use in our routine.
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Piggie I think o0smoothies0o is trying to focus on a major cause of obesity rather than how one gains or loses weight day-to-day.
There's no denying being in a daily caloric deficit one will lose weight and consuming more calories than your adjusted RMR one will gain. I can't see how o0smoothies0o can disagree.
It has to do with sustainability. You will not sustain a caloric deficit over long periods and the minute you resume your prior consumption habits you will put all the weight back on, but the kicker is, since in caloric deficits you tend to lose significant amounts of lean body mass, when you end up reverting back to your initial weight, and you will, you will be worse off since you will have less lean body mass and more fat (since putting on muscle is extremely difficult). Losing weight isn't the goal, the goal is to maintain lean body mass but burn off the extra fat. And don't think the solution is simply more exercise, since that will just increase your appetite.
If you want sustainable weight loss, it is far more important to focus on what you eat rather than how much.
No real disagreement from me. Cutting and sustaining weight loss (some people want to bulk too) comes from a lifestyle change.
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Someone above mentioned this breakthrough from Jan 2012 about a device/method to allow blood pressure to be measured using optical methods.
http://www.medgadget.com/2012/01/company-claims-optical-blood-pressure-monitor-breakthrough.html
What I find interesting is.. (from the article linked ):
"Unlike direct pressure measurement that every other BP meter does, the companys Sapphire device uses an optical sensor to continuously measure blood pressure at the wrist. Keeping the Sapphire stationary will provide beat-to-beat readings.."
Hmm who do we know that is building plant to make lots and lots of Sapphires as a sub-component..
http://www.medgadget.com/2012/01/company-claims-optical-blood-pressure-monitor-breakthrough.html
What I find interesting is.. (from the article linked ):
"Unlike direct pressure measurement that every other BP meter does, the companys Sapphire device uses an optical sensor to continuously measure blood pressure at the wrist. Keeping the Sapphire stationary will provide beat-to-beat readings.."
Hmm who do we know that is building plant to make lots and lots of Sapphires as a sub-component..
Your body will adjust its metabolism to need less per day as you decrease your intake. It's only effective in the very short term.
Well no this is not correct. You dont "eat calories". Calories are not a phyical component of food. They are a unit of energy measured by setting food on fire and recording the rise in temperature. You cant eat calories because they don't exist in physical form.
Addionally a calorie is not always a calorie. Depending if are digesting proteins, carbohydrates or fats the food will be digested and used by the body in differing ways.
And to that point the body does not burn calories. It chemically break down food with acid during digestion. Exercise doesn't burn calories either. As calories don't exist in physical form the body will use energy stores to fuel the body when it exerts itself.
The equation is never as simple as calories in, calories out. Humans are not cars!
The calories in, calories out "theory" was used to simplify the way humans consume energy and expend it. The theory has well been proven that it should not to be used as the basis for weight loss or gain.
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If what they say is true and the results accurate, this type of small sapphire device with the right software could be a revolution for the medical industry.
http://tarilian-lasertechnologies.com/technology/sapphire.php
Sounds like you are trying to earn money by over complicating things to baffle people.
What I see about people trying to diet is that they are obsessed over food.
Too many are too fussy and worrying about food too much.
I wanted to lose weight a few years ago. Guess, what I did?
I limited myself to 1000 calories a day (should be eating 2000 easy)
I didn't eat junk (common sense) I ate the most stuff I could do bulk. No reason to eat a chocolate bar when I could have a whole tuna salad for the same calories.
1000 calories a day, strict with myself, and lost weight easy, for me, it was an engine. food it, vs food burned.
Simple, easy and worked.
Biggest problem is walking past all the things in the supermarket and not buying them
No candy, no cookies, only lean white meat, fish, salads, rice, veg curry, rise snacks, no alcohol.
Well, yes. You lost weight not due to caloric restriction but by the types of food you ate and their nutritional value.
Which was exactly the point I was making; a chocolate bar and a piece of chicken can contain the same caloric value. However both have very different effects on the body in terms of weight lost or gained not to mention your energy levels.
The body processes foods nutrients in order of it's make up between carbs, proteins and fats. Your body doesn't look at the caloric value of food you are eating and keep score! Again thermodynamics does not apply in this instance.
Using calories alone will not make you lose weight. As you body doesn't set food on fire and burn it as energy.
Diet Coke is a good example. 0 calories but the aspartame and high carb value along with the lack of nutrients will lead to weight gain. Thus if you attempt to use calories alone as a measure of weight loss you'll more than likely fail in attempting to lose weight.
In your case you chose your foods well and lost weight. Your body didn't do anything with calories purely on the basis that calories don't actually exist.
I wonder if the iWatch will be metal. If so I won't be able to wear it (skin allergy). The thought of being excluded from a new Apple product is horrifying
Well, I am allergic to black polyurethane, so some of us might miss out!
