Provider of consumer health and fitness apps Azumio has added a Nitric Oxide Test Strip Reader to its platform Argus. This, the company claims, makes it the world’s first mobile app to measure the vital bioactive identified as a key to maintaining healthy blood pressure, increasing athletic endurance, and delaying vascular aging. Using salivary nitric oxide test strips, available from Berkeley Test, Argus users can now use their smartphone camera to capture, measure, and record their nitric oxide status.
Berkeley Test provides an inexpensive and easy-to-use disposable saliva test strip for monitoring the conversion of plant-derived nitrate to nitrite.The mentioned Berkeley Test provides an inexpensive and easy-to-use disposable saliva test strip for monitoring the conversion of plant-derived nitrate to nitrite, a necessary step in the production of nitric oxide through this dietary pathway. And with the help of the Argus app, the consumer gets actionable feedback regarding their diet in less than a minute.
“Calorie counters just don’t tell the whole story,” says Azumio’s CTO Peter Kuhar, “They are based on averages, with no regard for whether the natural food source is rich in the necessary bioactive ingredient and whether the body has properly metabolized it for a beneficial outcome. Now, consumers have the ability to measure metabolites in saliva, allowing Argus to immediately inform users about the value of what they eat, helping keep track of the benefits of the plant-based portion of their diets.”
Azumio’s Argus is the only all-in-one mobile platform that provides a holistic picture of a user’s lifestyle. It includes weight management programs, activity and sleep tracking, biofeedback data such as heart rate and orthostatic test, food database, video guided workouts, group challenges and social community dedicated to health and fitness. The app also connects with several third-party wearable devices and platforms, like Withings smart scale and Apple HealthKit. It is available as a free download for iOS and Android devices, and the new Nitric Oxide strip reader feature can be accessed from a public beta version.