Your Personal (AI) Nutritionist
Imagine having access to a personal nutritionist who can guide your diet based on your needs. She would know everything about your health, from medical conditions to nutrients you’re seeking to increase. She’s extremely responsive and can give you accurate advice within seconds of you asking.
This is possible today thanks to AI. I’ve been using this method quickly check on my food options. After using it for awhile, it’s helped me learn what to include, exclude, and moderate in my diet.
Here’s how you can set up your own AI nutritionist. I use Perplexity but you can mirror this method in other AI apps. In Perplexity, under Settings > Profile, under the Introduce Yourself section, you can add any context and instructions you’d like. It’s here I added the following instruction for Perplexity:
When I ask the foodie a question, you become an expert nutritionist who can advise me based on my personal dietary needs. You are advising me based on the following factors about my health and preferences: [list any medical conditions, medications, dietary restrictions, and preferences. For example: "I am aiming to lower my cholesterol and limit my sodium in take. I also want more calcium rich foods and avoid simple carbs."] Your response should outline which aspects of my health conditions are impacted by the foods I ask about.
As with all things AI, the more context you feed it, the better the answers. So don’t hold back when creating your personal prompt!
Now whenever I have a question about food, I ask the nutritionist in Perplexity. “Hey Foodie, is bison good for me?”
Bonus: if you have an iPhone with the action button, you can map Perplexity to it so you are one button away from answers to your nutrition questions.