Cutting out bread from your diet can be extremely difficult, especially at first. To keep you on track, the famous carb-cutting diet, the Atkins diet, launched a new app available on iOS and Android devices. The Atkins Carb Tracker App has plenty of carb-watching and meal tracking features to ensure you can avoid the holiday bulge and keep it off in the New Year, too.

With the app, you can access the more than 1,600 low carb recipes, and search for acceptable foods for each stage of the program. The app lets you track and analyze your carbohydrate intake and view the results over days, weeks and months on pie charts and trend graphs.

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“Our new Carb Tracker App is a response to the overwhelming request from Atkins dieters, who are increasingly using their mobile devices as their number one source for information about Atkins while they are on the go, eating out and at the grocery store,” Scott Parker, chief marketing officer of Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., said in a statement.

The app includes a number of useful features for users:

Use the UPC scanner code or search by keyword while you grocery shop to find Atkins-approved items.

Find restaurant menu items within your carb range. Search by meal type, restaurant name or location.

Use the daily meal planner or create a customized low-carb diet plan for each phase of the Atkins diet.

Track your intake of net carbs each day and view results by day, week or month.

Search for acceptable foods in each phase of the Atkins diet and create a daily meal plan based on a specified carb intake range.

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The free app is available in the iTunes store and on Google Play. Both apps appear to be the first from the official Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

Reviews posted by users show mixed reactions depending on the device you own. Android users have said the app gives them trouble when trying to log in. The reviews posted for the iOS app are mostly positive, with users saying it's convenient and helps them stay on track of their low carb diet.

The new app is just one more tool for Atkins fans and low carb dieters to monitor their carb intake on the go with convenience. Another popular carb counting app is the Low Carb Diet Assistant app from nanobitsoftware.com which lets you track your carbs and discover low carb food options. The iOS app is $2.99 and is rated four-and-a-half stars with nearly 750 reviews. Carb Database is a $0.99 app for Android devices. The app lets you search for food and discover the net carbs.

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