Stars’ diets – or that of your neighbor – very little for you. To achieve a weight goal, you need to find rebalancing that adapts to your lifestyle, your tastes, your constraints … Is this a mission that we can seriously give to AI? In view of the large progress in recent years, the question can arise.
A solution cut for each body thanks to AI?
Each body is different! So why continue to follow standard plans that don’t look like us? This is where AI changes the situation. Already omnipresent in our lives – at work, at home, to manage our races – she also invites herself on our plates. In theory, from a specific nutrition brief, it is able to generate a personalized food program, aligned with:
- Your goals (weight loss, toning, muscle taking, etc.);
- Your physical data (Age, Sex, Size, Weight …);
- Your lifestyle (physical activity, stress level, sleep, etc.);
- Your Food preferences (tastes, allergies, specific diets, etc.);
- Your Current habits (number of meals, snacks, home cooking, etc.).
In a few minutes, you get a plan designed just for you, which respects your desires, your constraints … and your little pleasures. A saving of time, energy, money and above all: a real boost for motivation.
AI potential: accessible, fast and scalable
Another advantage? Cost and access. As we know, dietetic consultations can quickly become a luxury. The AI offers an accessible alternative, available 24 hours a day, capable of following your evolution, adjusting your menus, and even suggesting ideas according to your fridge or your weekly planning.
Be careful however: for it to work, you have to be completely honest and precise in the data you provide. The algorithm does not invent anything: it adapts to what it is given. But then, is this solution really sufficient for everyone? Not quite. And this is where human expertise comes into play.
“”AI can be useful, but never sufficient“”
This question we asked it to Julie Boët, a nutritionist dietitian, who tries to put a little common sense and human …
“As a dietician, I understand the attraction: speed, ease, accessibility. AI can offer various menus, calculate energy needs, follow weight evolution, and even adapt to certain food preferences or restrictions. In a few seconds.”
Julie Boët recognizes this: AI is a great support tool. But she also insists on her limits, facing a person who seeks to lose weight or take charge for various reasons that are specific to her.
“A food program is not limited to a series of figures or calibrated meals. It must take into account the history of the person, his emotions, his relationship to the body, his pathologies, his food culture … No algorithm, as well designed to be he, will be able to replace listening, observation, adaptation and nuance that a human professional brings in the course of exchanges”.
According to her, AI can even become dangerous in certain cases: eating disorders, chronic diseases, digestive or hormonal problems … So many contexts where emotional support and tailor -made monitoring are essential.
“Even with detailed questionnaires, the AI does not have the capacity to read between the lines, to perceive a distress, a hesitation in the voice, or an unsaid behind an answer”.
For Julie Boët, the key, today, would be rather in the complementary approach: to use AI as a monitoring or organization tool, but never make a unique solution.
“Calling on a dietician is to benefit from a human, global, benevolent and scalable approach. It is building together a program that adapts to you, not the other way. Your health deserves more than a algorithm” she concludes.