Introduction – Millions of people around the world want to be healthy either by being on diet or by just eating healthy food. The large popularity of audience use a mobile app to track everything they eat. The trend has introduced in space: European astronauts are now saving their meals on a tablet to make sure they are receiving the right quantity of nutrients. An optimal diet, paired with regular exercise, is important to prevent the effects of spaceflight on the human body. . Bone privation, muscle shrinking and diminishing nutrient stores such as protein, fat and vitamin D are among the unfavorable of space travel.
Research and Findings – Research shows that intake of the energy in the orbit is generally lower than on Earth; some even call and named it ‘spaceflight anorexia’. From tubes to cans and rehydratable packages, space food has evolved to encounter nutritional requirements and hike crew morale.
Function and Purpose – Gaining weight is very unusual for astronauts, flight surgeons always negotiated with the astronauts when building their menus. Doctors want to assure the crew are fuelling themselves with a balanced diet, sufficient for space demands and for the return journey to Earth. Scientist invented an iPad-based application name EveryWear that collects physiology and medical data from astronauts on the International Space Station. It is linked to wearable biomedical sensors that record exercise, heart rate and sleep quality of the astronaut in the space. Food diary is it main use.
Astronauts’ built-tin camera tablet to simply scan the barcode of the food when needed. Classified in to breakfast, lunch dinner or snack, and add how water to consume. The crew has the option to add food by tapping on a specific product. The app comes stacked with a database containing all the food on the Space Station, both in English and in Russian language. If something that is not listed yet, there is an option to take a picture and add to it. The first person to use EveryWear in orbit was Thomas. Thomas was asked by the scientists to use the app only for the week but he enthusiastically logged in more than 1200 food and drinks throughout six months mission.
Science and Benefits – The further highlights and advantages of this approach for science purposes: “It produces very trustworthy data because the number of food items is limited, the menu cycle is repetitive, and portion sizes and nutrient content are exact.” EveryWear was accepted in conjunction with France’s CNES space agency and the MEDES Institute for Space Physiology and Medicine for Thomas’ mission, but ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, currently in space, is also providing it a go. NASA has shown concern in using it to accompaniment their results from standard blood and urine tests on the Space Station. The data will also help to enhance the quantity of food needed for missions into deep space.
