CONNECTOR.AE 40 CONNECTOR.AE 41 HEALTH AND WELLNESS HEALTH AND WELLNESS Connector explores how AI-powered apps and devices can become your personal health assistant. What Is AI-Powered Health Tracking? AI-powered health tracking refers to smart systems that use your personal data, like steps, sleep, heart rate, or food intake, to give you helpful, personalised advice. These systems ‘learn’ from your habits and adjust their recommendations to better suit your lifestyle and goals. How To Use AI To Track Your Health And Fitness Between work, family responsibilities and everyday life in a fast-paced city like Dubai, finding time to focus on your health can feel like a luxury. Many in the UAE, including parents and working professionals, struggle to balance wellness with their busy routines. The good news? Technology can help, and with the revolutionary potentials of artificial intelligence (AI), tracking your health and fitness has never been easier. Whether you want to move more, eat better, sleep longer, or just feel more in control of your wellbeing, using simple, user-friendly AI tools can support your goals. You don’t need to be techsavvy or go to the gym every day. With the right tools, you can track and improve your health from your home, on your own schedule. You’ve likely already seen or used some of these tools, like fitness bands, smartwatches, or health apps on your phone. But what makes them ‘AI-powered’ is their ability to understand your patterns and guide you with insights and recommendations like adding more protein to your diet, or getting in more daily steps, or finetuning your sleep schedule, and so on. Keep inmind that these tools aremeant to support your health, not replace your doctor. If you have medical concerns, always consult a professional. AI can help you stay on track and take control of your health and fitness to a large extent, but it’s not a substitute for regular health check-ups. What AI Can Help You With, And How Some of the ways in which AI tools can support you across different areas of health and fitness, include: 1. Staying active and moving more Many wearables and smartphone apps, use AI to track your movement and suggest ways to improve. They can measure your daily steps, workouts, and even heart rate during exercise. AI helps by setting realistic movement goals based on your current activity levels and suggesting workout routines that match your fitness level. AI will also remind you to get back on track when you’re falling behind. You can also use AI apps like Fitbod, Aaptiv and Freeletics Neural Coach to act as your personal trainers. These apps will assess your current situation, track your workout routines and recovery status and help you make consistent progress through personalised workout plans. 2. Eating healthier and managing your diet AI-powered nutrition apps, such as MyFitnessPal, Lifesum and HealthifyMe, help you log meals and track calories and nutrients. These apps even let you scan barcodes or take photos of your meals for easy tracking. You can get recommended meal plans that match your health goals, and AI will also be tracking if you’re getting enough vitamins, protein and hydration. AI can also notice unhealthy eating patterns and gently nudge you to change it for the better. Of course, this is contingent upon you being transparent on what you’re eating. 3. Sleeping better and managing stress Sleep quality is closely linked to overall health, especially for those juggling stressful schedules. AI tools can monitor your sleep patterns, track how long and howwell you’re sleeping, and recommend ways to improve. AI-powered devices, like Oura Ring, can notice if your sleep is getting interrupted or too short, while also tracking your stress levels through heart rate or breathing patterns. You will get suggestions based on these insights.
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