Gadgets that will help you keep fit and track your health

This gadget is a sensitive device that can be worn as a watch or on a clip attached on ones hip. It keeps a track of the number of steps you take in a daily routine. It then converts the number of steps into the distance travelled in a day. Pedometer is of great help in keeping record of how much you walk in a day. You can simply wear it when the day starts and at the end of day review the number of steps you covered, and then try and come up with different ways to increase your daily activities.

The Garmin forerunner 305 is a GPS fitness device, when worn on the wrist monitors time, speed, distance, calories burnt, heart rate and much more. It comes along with the optional foot pod accessory, for those wanting to stay indoors and track their distance and pace. It when attached to a running shoe tranmits distance and pace to the forerunner 305, when running indoor or on a treadmill.

Activa is a digital music player brought to you by philips. It sinks in to your heart rate and plays music that matches the rhythm for your heart beat, sorted from your music library. It is a combination of a pedometer and a music player, because when you wear it during the workout, it also tells you the number of calories burnt, distance covered and time.

Lactate analyzers are very helpful for swimmers and calculate blood lactate levels. It can help you improve your swim workout and reach your optimum fitness.

Zeo personal coach is made to analyze your sleep and improve it . It comes with a head band that tracks your sleep and uses bedside tools to analyze it. With the help of this you can evaluate your sleep and give the best of you everyday. It has a light weight wireless head band, a bedside display, a given set of online analytical tools and an email based coaching program.

This is a HRS-1. It can be worn underneath one's clothes without being noticed and helps in monitoring the human body, which includes body surface temperature, electrocardiographic signals and overall body movements. It is designed by a group of body monitoring products called WIN human recorder.

Glowcap solo ($20-$30) helps you in remembering your medication. With this you can set a timer to your medication and it sets a melody and pulse to catch your attention to have your medication. Until the time, you open the cap and have your medication, you will see that the cap still pulses. It is like an alarm for you to take your medication, but you need to carry it with you while travelling.

Breathalyzer ($4.00-$12.00) helps you in checking the intake of your alcohol level. It has different indicators like green, yellow and red which helps you in determining whether you are safe to drive or not. Though you should not completely rely on this

Bodymedia is a wearable armband which tracks calories burnt, activity levels and sleep levels at night. It is in conjuction with an android application running both on a samsung galaxy tab and epic 4G andrid services. The one-two combo works via bluetooth and the application is going to be a part of sprint ID plan but it will only be available after first half of 2011 and the armband devices will be launched later this year.

The omron HEM-712C automatic blood pressure monitor comes with an intellisense and is one of the best upper arm blood pressure monitors. It is very easy to use- you just need to wrap the cut at your arm and press start, that's all. within seconds it gives accurate and clinically proven readings of your blood pressure and pulse.

This $99 healthcare gadget keeps a track of your overall fitness including your health, heart rate and the optimal level of sleep. You can even connect it to your PC to get instant access to your health information. it is quite portable and can be put inside the pocket or you can also clip it on some article of clothing. A great way to be fit.