Food and nutrition

Can I track nutrition and recovery together with a Garmin or Oura?

Yes. Vora logs your food and imports sleep, HRV and resting heart rate from a direct Garmin or Oura connection, free on every plan, so your meals, your Sleep and Recovery scores and your workouts are in one app on iPhone or Android. Your calorie and macro targets do not change automatically with your recovery.

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What you get in one app

  • Food logging by photo, barcode, voice, description or search, with up to 90 nutrients per food
  • Sleep stages, HRV and resting heart rate from Garmin or Oura, used in Vora’s Sleep and Recovery scores
  • Your Garmin workouts next to the workouts you log in Vora
  • Calorie and macro targets for your goal
  • An AI coach you can ask about your food, sleep and recovery data, with charts of your own numbers

How to set it up

  1. In Vora, open Settings, then Connections, then Garmin or Oura Ring, and sign in.
  2. Set your calorie and macro targets in Vora’s nutrition goals.
  3. Log your meals in Vora through the day.
  4. After your watch or ring syncs in the morning, check your Sleep and Recovery scores.

How your targets are set

Vora estimates your basal metabolic rate with the Mifflin-St Jeor equation, multiplies it by the activity level you confirm, and adjusts for your goal. A weight loss deficit is capped at a quarter of your daily energy use and never goes below your basal metabolic rate. Protein is set in grams per kilogram for your goal, and carbs fill the calories left after protein and fat.

Your targets stay the same from day to day. They do not rise or fall with your Recovery score, readiness, HRV or sleep.

On iPhone, you can switch your daily calorie target to Adaptive once you set a target date. It then flexes with how much energy you burned that day compared with your recent average. Android does not have this option.

How the recovery data is used

  • The Recovery score combines overnight HRV, resting heart rate and sleep, compared with your own baseline.
  • The readiness score behind your daily plan combines sleep, HRV and resting heart rate with your workouts to decide when to suggest rest.
  • Food does not feed the Recovery score or the readiness score.

Free or Pro

The Garmin and Oura connections, food logging, nutrition targets and the scores are free on every Vora plan. Vora Pro raises the AI chat limit and adds AI-generated workouts.

Limits

  • Garmin and Oura send no food data to Vora. Log food in Vora, or let a food app share with Apple Health or Health Connect.
  • Garmin’s Body Battery and Training Readiness, and Oura’s Readiness and Sleep scores, are not imported. Vora calculates its own scores.
  • Meal suggestions are based on your remaining calories and macros and your preferences, not on your workouts or recovery.

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