There are days when 24 hours do not seem enough to encompass all the things we need to do. Busy work schedules or heavy study routines can have a significant toll not only on our mental health but also on our nutrition. This fast-paced lifestyle can make us overlook the importance of a balanced and healthy diet. Here are some AI applications to boost wellness with personalized meal planning.
Why this is important
In the Netherlands, behavioral risk factors are responsible for 35% of all deaths, according to the EU’s Country Healthy Profile 2023. Among them, dietary risks, encompassing inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruits as well as high sugar and salt intake, accounted for 11% of deaths.
Health assistant
A healthy relationship with food is desirable but not always attainable. Many people struggle to deal with their emotions, overeating high-fat, sugary, and salty food as a coping mechanism for stress.
The psychology-driven app Noom offers personalized help for customers aiming to lose weight. The application is integrated with an AI health assistant that provides immediate answers to a variety of topics related to wellness. Another interesting feature is AI food logging, which allows users to log their meals by voice, image, or text command. In this way, it’s easier for users to track their daily calorie intake.
By offering quality insights, the app aims to support users’ transformational journeys toward a healthy lifestyle, fostering mindful habits and better relationships with food.
Personalized recipes
Creativity is an attribute that usually requires practice. Not everyone can come up with recipe ideas to efficiently use the ingredients left in the fridge. Further, this task can get even more overwhelming after a hectic workday, making it difficult to follow a healthy diet plan.
The AI-powered Samsung Food+ app is ready to solve that by offering personalized meal plans based on the customer’s health goals. The application focuses on making healthy eating easier by helping users track their nutrition goals.
Samsung’s app has a Vision AI feature that allows users to utilize their phone’s camera to add items to their food list automatically. By simply taking a picture, the software can identify the items in the fridge or pantry and suggest tailored recipes based on the ingredients available at home.
Vegetarian diet
For those who follow a plant-based diet, it can be challenging to innovate in the kitchen, but Plant Jammer is a solution. The Danish company leverages AI to provide a wide range of creative and tasty vegan and vegetarian recipes to boost users’ meal planning. Besides promoting healthy eating, the app focuses on reducing food waste by offering personalized recipes matching customers’ ingredients at home.
AI-powered tools are changing daily meal planning, offering easy and practical alternatives to our busy routines. There are no more excuses for not embracing a healthy and sustainable diet.
