Bringing Meal Planning into the 21st Century — In early 2013, I found myself sick with a bad case of food poisoning. A rough night turned into a rough month, and a rough month turned into a rough year. I set out on a multi-year journey to heal my gut and feel good again. I tried eliminating certain…

Why Most Calorie Counting Apps Get it Wrong — Here at GrubBase, we try to work both smarter and harder so you don’t have to do either. Every once in a while, though, we like to pull back the curtain and show our users what’s going on behind the scenes. If you’ve read our blog post, Serving Sizes Anyway…

Here at GrubBase, there’s no shortage in things we find frustrating about traditional calorie counting apps — after all, we got into this business for a reason — but, if we had to make a list of these frustrations, the way in which these other apps handle serving sizes would…

Make calorie counting easier and more accurate — Those who have calorie counted or used a meal planning app are likely very familiar with food “add-ons”, even if they haven’t referred to them as such. Consider a simple chicken breast, a staple of so many health-conscious eaters. An average boneless, skinless chicken breast contains 326 calories. 78% of…