I have a smart watch and I have scales that measure my body fat electronically but I'd hit the off switch if they started to tell me what to eat and when as there are so many permutations for eating well for us. It just shows how the tech giants have their eyes on the potential of a personalised nutrition diet plan...💲💲💲 👀
May be I'm being a cynic. 😀
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Hi Jerry
Very interesting article but you are not a cynic as I think that this is a step too far. We all know when we do our online banking, order items online and are part of a social network like Facebook that it's very easy for our accounts to get hacked so what would stop them hacking something like this, it's open to fraud as far as I can see.
I don't even own a Fitbit as they are not accurate as my daughter some time back was whisking something in a bowl and the Fitbit counted it as steps - just saying!
It's very good that some things are moving forward but not others.
Those are just my thoughts anyway.
Alicia
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Hi Alicia, I have a Garmin for my bike and find that useful and have a smart watch but it doesn't tell me what to eat or when.
On Facebook people give too much personal info like when they're going on holiday LOL.
Imagine no Wi Fi you wouldn't now what to eat or when...🤨
Jerry 😊
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Hi Jerry
Oh most definitely a Garmin for a bike, in fact that's something I wouldn't mind for mine as I never know exactly how far I've cycled albeit I haven't been on it for a while now as the weather hasn't been the best lets say. I don't think I'd like anything that tells me what to eat or when, it's like big brother is watching you. Funnily enough I have a new mobile phone and as soon as I turn it on in the morning it tells me to walk some steps, it's almost like my phone is nagging me lol.
I totally agree, I cannot believe the people that put when they are going on holiday on Facebook and share their snaps, loads of the friends I have on Facebook do that, it's so daft and I'm talking about intelligent people here i.e. solicitors etc. I put my holiday photos on Facebook but not until I'm back in my home.
Oh yes, what happens when the WiFi goes down lol
Well that's my cynical hat that I think I've been wearing too long lol.
It certainly can. I miss being able to walk in a shop and buy what I need without having to go online. We need the hustle and bustle of town centres back.
I can understand people who can’t get out so easily ordering online and I order online because I can’t get out so easily :)... ok, easier than some others but I think you know what I mean.
I can’t exactly fo to a shop and buy 10 cartons of organic oat milk but I can online.
When it comes to ordering online I try to order in bulk.
But this is just it, you have so many foods that have been tainted with things that shouldn’t be there and health plummets (which would explain some disabilities) that people have to rely on online ordering which means using earth’s resources for packaging and adding plastic to landfills/the ocean.
You can’t really win. Whatever you do your somehow buggering up the earth or your very own health.
Personalised nutrition via smart watches sounds interesting, and doesn't surprise me that they're looking at the expanded potential of these. Will be interesting to see what happens.
I think these will dumb down the public even further.
Well, people must be somewhat dumb to go and notify their friends on social media when they go on holidays.
I would not be surprised at all if these devices make you eat the wrong things and lead to poor health which means spending money on pharmaceutical drugs when you could save your money and prevent health problems by consuming the right things and even better, don’t listen or even purchase one of these smart devices :).
"Nestlé, the world's largest food company, has identified personalised nutrition as a major growth opportunity and has made a number of investments in the space," said Eden
So nestle is going to be telling people what to eat. I’ll save everyone a lot of time & money, don’t eat anything made by nestle.
Matt we are self reporting our smart devices have sat nav tracking so where we are are is now computerised, our sat nav's in cars could report us for speeding with a minor tweak.
So we don't need big brother watching us we are doing a better job with our smart devices.
On the bright side my smart phone is smarter than me...😱
Hi Matt, if you have a store card the shop knows exactly what you buy and when so they can then target you for special offers and promotions that will be of interest to you. If you stream music there's a list of what you've listened to and when it's endless the information we reveal these days.
I think that the CIA have better things to do than watch fickle shoppers as terrorism has become a real problem and I'd rather be watched in certain high risk areas if that helps make life safer for everyone.
That would be a big no for me! The last thing I want to share with a company is MY genetics!
I have really hard times understanding people sending their ADN to a company like Ancestry.com to know that they are 2%irish, 3% african, 30% English and 65% french.
And relying on those so called "smart machines" for your diet? People tend to forget that the word "smart" comes from the humans behind them.
Also, this would make generations of people not questionning what they eat. You rely on a "smart" gadget? I am not against technology, however I do think that this kind of application of technology will make a lot of intellectually lazy people.
This is quite right it's making technology work for us and not against us...
A very good response here Hidden as what we really want is to get in tune with our body clocks and our bodies real needs. Rather than relying on Alerts from a smart device...
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