Get nutrition information fast on your cell phone
Posted by phoneinfo on February 8, 2008
First spotted over on Textually.org, Nutrition on the Go from Diet.com got my attention. It’s a great new service for your cell phone that can provide calorie count, fat grams, and more info about the food you’re either wondering about consuming or are about to start eating. All you need to do is send a text message to DIET1 (34381) of the food you’re about to eat, and you get back basic nutritional information. To get quick results, include the restaurant name and food choice. For example, you should text Starbuck’s blueberry muffin to receive the information shown below.
The service is free to use, meaning there’s no charge from Diet.com. However, as is the case with all text messages, you will pay for the cost of the message, and in some scenarios you may receive more than just one text for a given topic. If you don’t have a text messaging plan, this can be a costly service to use.
One last thought: If you think you’re going to use this service and have a smartphone or SureType keypad (two letters to each key), add the text code as a contact in your address book. If you try to type out DIET1 on a QWERTY keypad or SureType keypad, it doesn’t sync up and you won’t get a response.
