If I had faith in Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, I do not eat enough fruits and vegetables.
Generally, smartwatches do not take decisions about your nutritional intake. But this year, Samsung introduced a new experimental feature called Antioxidant Index. Using blue, yellow and infrared LEDs, the watch sensor can lift the level of carotenoid in your skin. (Carotenoid is a type of antioxidant that gives fruits and is your yellow, orange, or red colored vegetarian.) You paste, press your thumb on the sensor, press, and in 10 seconds, you get an estimate whether you meet the recommended amount of 400 grams of fruits and vessels per day.
I was not expecting to say from the Galaxy Watch 8 that I was the queen of plants. I am known for a side salad in favor of the fries with my burger. But it was rude when in unpacked two weeks ago, I demoned this feature and got a disappointing score of 37. It was after I was just a vegetarian on July 4, with zucchini, radish, corn, cabbage, tomato, salad, and more peach that I knew how to digest, again with how to digest.
This morning when it was also rude; It said that I had a “very little” antioxidant score of 48. This, after eating my customary breakfast, involves the service of fruits, coffee and a green juice protein smoothie – rich in all antioxidants.
Old Me may have thrown the Galaxy Watch 8 with an outrage. New, developed me decided to test this sensor on many bright colors because I could achieve my thumb.
Earlier there was a tangerine peel. As expected, it got a score of 100. A peach slices, a tangerine section and a strawberry from my lunch and breakfast, respectively were true. I got less success with Blackberry. Despite being Highest carotenoid level Among any berry, Berry scored a disappointing 37. At this point, I felt that I am on something. All red, yellow and orange fruits were passed with flying colors, yet a carotenoid -rich blackberry failPerhaps the Galaxy Watch was more than 8 accurate color workers.
I painted my thumb with a yellow-orange marker. Will you not know it? My antioxidant index shot up to 100. Next, I painted it with a blue marker. My score dropped ZeroUnfortunately, my color-based hypothesis was thwarted by a piece of roasted broccoli. Also, scored 100 And In fact, carotenoid is rich in.
Perhaps the blackberry had failed, because when pressed against the sensor, it exploded in purple juice disturbances, which was later difficult to clean from the clock. Maybe i Was Decreased consumption of my antioxidants. Or so I thought, until cheese-ice.
If you never have one thing-ice, it is a happy cheese, crisp cracker, and most importantly it is that it is orangeCheez- It scored a nearby 99. Of course, a Cheese Cracker is not a paradigm of antioxidant ingredients. A quick Google Search made me humble. Chedder, cheese-ice major cheese, There are really carotenoidsWhy is it really orange. On this discovery, I had to lie down and stare at my terrace.
I asked Samsung if the sensor detects carotenoids based on the pigment, or if there is some other factor in playing. I have not received any reply yet, but after some comfort and reflection, the ghost of my general knowledge returned to me. It’s not eventually Case Do I meet Samsung’s measurement of “enough” fruits and vegetables – even if it is informed by the recommendations of the World Health Organization. What matters that I make a concrete effort to include different types of colored fruits and vegetables on my plate. If I am reducing vitamin, it will probably appear on the appointment of my next doctor.
Such characteristics are not to make you spiral about whether you are meeting some arbitrary standard. Even if a bunch of science went into developing detection algorithms using high -tech sensors, there are always errors and rooms for misinterpretation. This seems clear, but it is easy to succeed in a quantitated rat race towards perfection. If tracking a specific metric makes you feel bad about yourself, you are allowed to take a break from it – or even it is not noticeable to decide it. None of it has to be taken He seriously.
Instead of being very passionate on a new metric, my time with the antioxidant index is the best techway that I enjoy the peach with waffles and tangerrin as snacks. He, and cheese-are its antioxidants and will be considered a healthy part of my diet ahead of this day.
Photography by Victoria Geet / The Verge
