Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Reviews

by East Texas Wordie

I love and appreciate DrGregersDailyDozen! I do use it daily and it has helped me so much! I only have two functionality suggestions/issues. First, since I am weighing twice daily to check that off, I’d like to be able to look at my progress over time. I have to record my weight elsewhere in order to see progress.

The next issue is the most frustrating. Often when starting to record for the day, it is stuck on yesterday’s entries. I try changing the date at the top, but it pops right back to the day prior. The only way I can start anew day’s recording is to restart my iPhone. That’s frustrating. Maybe I’m missing something?!

by Kumpir

I wanted to tweak my diet healthier without doing diet-y things. So far DrGregersDailyDozen is really helping me do that. I still eat some processed food but less of it because I’m filling up on produce.

I love that DrGregersDailyDozen is free and ad-free. It works smoothly once you figure out a few of its quirks, like, you need to check the boxes from right to left or they will all fill in at once. There’s a “today” button at top you need to use to select the date every morning, it doesn’t jump to the current day automatically.

On my iPhone (a Max) I can’t see all 12 things at once, so I wish DrGregersDailyDozen would float the things you still need to eat to the top, would make it a lot easier to plan the rest of your meals that day. I also kind of wish I could edit the list, I definitely get enough liquids every day without having to track, and the spices entry is a bit silly (“season your food,” um, duh?). It would be easier to track things I do need to track if the list were shorter and could fit on my screen.

by Jaclyn9189

A lot of nice features were added to DrGregersDailyDozen (progress tracking, the ability to check off your servings from the main screen, etc.), but at the expense of some of DrGregersDailyDozen ’s ease of use.

For one I think each item of the daily dozen now takes up too much room. You have to scroll more to see all of the Dozen, whereas before you could get a much better overview of your Dozen (and quicker navigation to each item).

And while the addition of metric weight measurements is nice, it shouldn’t be the default setting every time you open the information window of a category. How many people are weighing their food as opposed to measuring its volume? At the least DrGregersDailyDozen should remember your most recent setting (metric or imperial) so you don’t have to keep switching it every time.

All of this means that DrGregersDailyDozen takes a little longer to use, which I’m not a fan of. When you use a daily checklist you want to be able use it quickly as possible (with as few taps and scrolls as possible).

(I also personally preferred the percentage progress bar to the fractional progress bar. That’s may just be my preference though.)

So again, nice new features, but the user experience went down a little for me. I preferred the simplicity of the previous version of DrGregersDailyDozen , and wish that some of it could be implemented back in (without losing the nice new features).

by LornaLou1967

I love DrGregersDailyDozen...
but changes I would make are these...

Please make it so we can see our past. It would be nice to see how we are doing from our start.

Maybe make it so we can “friend”
others and invite others to DrGregersDailyDozen.

Please make it so we can go back and add something to the previous day if we forgot (we forget sometimes :)

Tomatoes and Zucchini are both fruit and vegetables. (I may have missed other foods that have more than one category).
That should be addressed.

Can you add more variety of ideas of what to eat and maybe some links to recipes (I know BOSH has videos. But maybe a link?).

All of that said. I actually GAINED weight using DrGregersDailyDozen. So that was not so great as I needed to lose. I believe it was the grains. To workout as much as necessary to outweigh the grains is very hard for me. I live in northern US and I have arthritis. Even working out every day in accordance with your app I still gained 7 pounds. I will NOT be eating the grains for now. I hope you are able to account for this issue and help others like me. (I do LIKE grains and would love to eat them!).

Thank you soooo much for DrGregersDailyDozen! I will
Continue to use it no matter what (just very little grains).

by Eaxia

This is a 5 star app, BUT the bugs are annoying. Whenever I try to look at the graph for my weight, DrGregersDailyDozen closes - no matter what I do. This didn’t happen at first, but it does it every time now. Boxes check and uncheck randomly. When I check the box to enter my weight, it takes me to the correct screen, but after I enter it, the box is still unchecked - twice a day. Sometime clicking back and forth between the two tabs (daily dozen & tweaks) will erase all the checks on one or the other of my tabs. Or, if I didn’t enter dinner from the day before, and I go back to do so, all sorts of things check & uncheck. It’s becoming unusable because it’s so frustrating.

by Dscinca

Thank you for an entirely revamped app. I was happy with the old version as a way to track my nutrition through consuming the Daily Dozen. I was also thankful that it was a free app. I love the new updates including historical data, the ability to check off boxes right on the home screen, and the addition of tracking vitamins B-12 and D. In future updates, I would love to see a couple of “extra” boxes next to each category as optional to check off - they don’t need to count toward number of servings but sometimes you ingest more greens than the recommended and that’s not a bad thing! I’d like to have visibility to the extra good things I’m doing. The other thing I would like to see is adding a user-defined section where we can add our own daily health goals. It might be taking a probiotic, or another type of supplement customizable to your own health needs. I think that users might even be willing to pay for a version of DrGregersDailyDozen that includes customization. Either way, thank you for spreading your message and helping us to stay on track!

by DeMuralist

Clean and simple. This plan fits me well, I am losing weight without being hungry and while feeling better both physically and mentally. I would really like DrGregersDailyDozen even more if there was a way to manually add some of the other tweaks he talks about in the book but felt they didn’t have enough science but couldn’t hurt (peppermint essential oil added to lotion for a nice foot rub for example). It would be great to be able to gather the ones I want to do in the same place where I am keeping track of all the other tweaks. Love that it is based on real science.

by Spirit RG

I enjoy simplicity. It’s difficult, at times, to deal with getting the right food for health and weight correction. DrGregersDailyDozen is a straightforward check list. No matter what how well your memory functions one is certain to forget how exactly to eat right. I don’t fool around with all the myths and silly ideas about food. I can now rely on factual information through changing studies and a number stable ideas about. Eggs won’t be back and nor will butter. It’s not about pet ideas it’s about straightforward science. Keep it simple, and correct, use DrGregersDailyDozen, I do! Randy G

by Peyton454647

Love DrGregersDailyDozen . Simple to use; so intuitive that even the digitally-challenged can make it work the very first time. Easily helps you identify what you need to work on, with regard to diet; a few days of using DrGregersDailyDozen will reveal your dietary gaps, so you can take measures to shore things up. In the second part of Dr. Greger’s How Not to Die, he lists his ‘favorite’ beans, cruciferous veggies, whole grains, etc.; it would be nice to modify DrGregersDailyDozen so users can click on something to quick-reference these lists in the “info” section for each group. This would help users learn more quickly about the wide variety of foods that “fit” into each category. (Former adherents of the SAD - standard American diet - way of eating will have never heard of many of the foods Dr. Greger recommends.) All in all, an excellent and useful app for guiding a healthy whole food, plant-based eating program.

by M13579

I love DrGregersDailyDozen! It is such a quick & easy way to remind & encourage users to make healthy, whole food, plant based choices. I also like how each item links to a clear definition if you can’t remember precisely foods are in each category. Additionally, it also offers the option to link back to an article for further clarification & the science behind it! If you have a desire to up your daily nutrition game, increase energy, and improve your overall health, then DrGregersDailyDozen is for you. It’s simple, clear, & easy to use. Highly recommend!

by Iloveplantie

I have used DrGregersDailyDozen for over 2 years and it is my favorite thing in my phone. It makes eating healthy food into a game and it becomes fun to add more nutrition into your meals. If you have any questions about what counts for your servings, you can look in the description (i) of each recommendation and it even links to videos and studies about different foods as well to explain more about the nutrition in an easy and interesting way. DrGregersDailyDozen also doesn’t try to sell you things like other nutrition apps out there and prides it’s self on research backed guidelines. I love how easy it is to use and recommend it to all my friends.

by Applel<3ver

I'm 23 and have been a vegetarian since age 10. However, given that I was the only vegetarian in my family, it was difficult to not rely on dairy (particularly cheese) as my dietary crutch. Now that I'm on my own and ready to take full responsibility for my health, I've discovered the plant-based diet movement and absolutely love it. It just makes so much sense for a long, happy, healthy life. After reading Dr. Greger's book, I'm going to avoid dairy and eggs and up my intake of beans, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. DrGregersDailyDozen helps me reach my nutritional goals, and I'm glad Dr. Greger isn't afraid to tell it straight! With the state of our country's health, someone needs to!

by WoodyandWinston

Dr Greger’s Daily Dozen is brilliant!
A checklist is one of best ways to “make it easier to do the right thing” This is a powerful guiding principle of the Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute.
Checklists are gradually making their way into healthcare. Just as aviation checklists prevent air disasters, Dr Greger’s Daily Dozen will prevent health disasters. Keep fighting the good fight Dr Greger! We still have a long way to go. 200,000 people die annually from preventable medical mistakes, equivalent to 500 jumbo jets crashing every year. Commercial air travel kills only 0.2 people per passenger mile over 10 billion miles over 10 years.
All the best! Ken Woodruff, Elwood and Winston Consulting.

by Roarikk

I have been using DrGregersDailyDozen for a few months and it has been very helpful in modifying my diet. The interface is intuitive and it’s easy to pop in and update things as needed.

If I could make any suggestion, I would ask that the nutritional value of the food be added, and maybe a brief description of its correlated health benefits. I use the application in conjunction with counting calories to lose weight while getting some of the best foods on earth. Seeing the static nutritional values, and having them accumulate, could help us plan our days a little better and further expand the usefulness of DrGregersDailyDozen .

This is a great start,I use it every day. Thank you!

by WaikikiDavid

This is the first nutrition tracking app I have actually enjoyed! My goal is to get 24 most days of the week. I lost 8 pounds i Gamification of nutrition! This is really Gamification of nutrition! This is really improving my health, and it is fun to do this with my wife. How many more years of health and happiness will we have! Many more thanks to the Daily Dozen and How Not To Die! mproving my health, and it is fun to do this with my wife. How many more years of health and happiness will we have! Many more thanks to the Daily Dozen and How Not To Die! n the first month without even trying. My energy level is high, I sleep better, and I expect to live years longer than I would on my previous diet.

by Lds Mama

I love the simplicity of the daily dozen and the reminder to have specific nutrients, variety and quality in my diet. I’ve been listening to “How not to die” over and over, not only because I think it’s fascinating but also so I can memorize the facts in response to family and friends when they ask me why I am eating a whole food, plant based diet.

I would love to see an option added to review the quantity/serving size recommendation info for each ingredient and also to have an option to make notes on each ingredient each day to journal exactly what I ate and the quantity.

Thank you so much for this resource! It is such a blessing in my life!

by Mountain Hippie

I started following DrGregersDailyDozen in May of 2018. I had been taking cholesterol medicine for three years with only a slight decrease in levels. When I asked my doctor about diet, I was told flat out that diet would not help much as high cholesterol is hereditary.

I am glad to say that in December 2018 when my blood work was taken, the cholesterol levels had dropped so significantly that my doctor requested a second test. There recommendation was to keep on the same meds, as miraculously after three years they must have started working. Since then I have changed physicians, do not take cholesterol medicine and my levels are far below the targeted levels.

Thank you for helping to change my life.

by Drmatt2

Great app! Captures essence of both his books. Easy to use, and effective for focusing. Also the links to more info are great reminders.

A few suggestions
— when tracking with the calendars it would be nice to see a red X or something on those days when DrGregersDailyDozen was not used at all. That way when tracking progress one can distinguish between not eating a vegetable and simply not recording eating a vegetable.
—Also, the body weight section is buggy- you put in your weight in the morning but have to add it twice before it sticks. The weight graph also offers only monthly or weekly viewing of tends, so on may 1 you can no longer see April’s data— this could be changed to allow “Previous xx Days” or similar.

by Hadley Johnson

DrGregersDailyDozen is the perfect tool for living a whole foods plant-based plantpure life! Whether you are a newcomer to this lifestyle or a veteran veggie lover DrGregersDailyDozen is ideal. Very easy and simple to use, without any unneccessary gimmicks, it is a great way to keep track of adequate intake of the components of a healthy diet and fitness routine. While having an accountability app is so useful, I have always given up on them after no time at all because they took up too much time to use. And I have no time to spare fiddling around every time I want to eat something! This takes literally 2 seconds to use making it so convenient. Also the recommended foods and activities by Dr. Greger are fantastic! What a perfect cheat-sheet while grocery shopping, or even planning to get in some exercise! Love this and have always wished there were something like it but there was no such app...UNTIL NOW!

by CharlieCopper

Great app, but I have some suggestions. Could you please split up the exercise into blocks? Maybe 3 that represent 1/2 hour of moderate exercise or 13 minutes of vigorous exercise? It’d be much more motivating if you could see that you did some exercise, instead of it being an all or nothing category. For some people, taking an hour-long walk in the middle of the day is an accomplishment too! Also, in the future, maybe it’d be good if you could modify the servings based on your weight? I’m a small person, and I find it hard to tick all the food boxes without going over my daily caloric intake, even without eating any sort of processed food.

by Bassgtr67

I love DrGregersDailyDozen and it definitely helps me eat more of the daily dozen foods since I’m the type of person that likes to check of accomplishes tasks and I like to compete with myself and try to improve on the totals. My only issue is that I’m an accountant and it bugs me when the number of boxes checked doesn’t equal the number of servings out of 24 listed at the top of the screen. Nit picky, I know, but hey I’m anal, what can I say? I haven’t done a lot of testing, but the first time I noticed it was when I accidentally checked something and then backed it off. Anyway, a very minor thing.

by UncoverMyEyes

Not only can you keep up with the whole food you should be eating, you have all the latest nutrition research at your finger tips summarized for you by one of the top plant based doctors in the nation.

If that wasn’t easy enough, he puts it all in video. They are short, made-easy-to-understand segments. You can watch just when you have a moment. But if you don’t have the time to sit, you don’t have to watch. He makes them in such a way that you can listen to them in your car. I drop off my kids for school and by the time I get home, I’ve finished an episode!

by Renlenfel

I love having a check list for my health! I am not one to eat a lot each day so I often fall short of reaching 100% each day, so one thing that I’d appreciate even more is a more precise record keeper...in other words, I’d like to be able to look back and see, for example, that I’ve met my goal for greens most of the week, but I missed with grains, so maybe I should have oatmeal this morning instead of the green smoothie. So Instead of only seeing that I met 75% of my goals for a day, I’d love to look back and see what I missed previous days. I hope this makes sense.

by OwlsRgreat!!

I really have enjoyed every recipe I have tried. All of them were delicious and easy to make. (Just a lot of chopping). My husband who is not on the vegan kick start loved the collards and red beans. I added a half of a poblano and it was great.
The curry with cauliflower and potatoes was outstanding. I did not miss the meat at all.
All of the videos have been helpful too. I really liked the one that shows short cuts and time savers. I will be preparing my vegetables in advance to save time when I need to make dinner or lunch.
Thank you for this great app!