TikToker reveals genius MyFitnessPal hack which lets you use the barcode scanner for FREE
- UK users can access a barcode scanner to discover free calories in foods
- In the US you have to pay for this feature unless you use the sneaky hack
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A TikToker has revealed a genius hack for MyFitnessPal that lets you use the barcode scanner for free so you can see how many calories are in your favorite groceries.
The free popular calorie counting app allows users to enter what they ate that day and calculates the total number of calories consumed.
In the US, users must manually search for food and browse the app’s inventory.
But if you live in the UK, you have access to a barcode scanner, which scans your food in the packaging and enters the nutritional information directly from the item.
The popular calorie counting app allows users to enter what they ate that day and calculates the total number of calories consumed
In the US, users must subscribe to the Premium version of MyFitnessPal and pay $19.99 per month or $79.99 per year to access the barcode scanner.
But with a sneaky hack you can get the feature for free.
Simply go to Settings, then Profile, Location and change it from United States to United Kingdom.
This should allow you to use the barcode scanner without paying a dollar, and keep you logged in throughout the entire process.
The hack was revealed by a TikTok user Ryan Clarkwho regularly makes videos about health and fitness.
MyFitnessPal has over 200 million users worldwide, making it the most popular health and fitness app.
Since 2020, more than seven million foods have been registered in the app.
Launched in 2005 and on iOS in 2009, co-founder Mike Lee built the app as a way to track his weight before his wedding, but started working on it full-time after it piqued the interest of his friends and family.
Counting calories is a proven method to help people lose weight.
But the practice is controversial because it can cause people to become obsessive about what they eat, which can turn into an eating disorder.
In 2017, celebrity personal trainer David Kingsbury told DailyMail.com that apps like MyFitnessPal can take the fun out of eating and users end up “just punching in numbers without tracking anything.”