Thought people might be interested in how I've been using Claude Code to plan my meals, track my nutrition, and analyze symptoms.
Building a meal database: I add meals to a directory using whatever's convenient: photos from a cookbook, or copy-paste from PDFs or websites. I modify the recipes as needed (e.g. scale 2x for lunch leftovers, swap out ingredients that are hard to get, add more information for soft boiling vs hard boiling an egg). The agent scrapes the nutritional information for the recipe automatically via the USDA API and stores it.
Weekly planning & Nutritional analysis: When it's time to plan my week, I can either select from my meal library or let the agent suggest combinations. It then generates a shopping list broken down by category (dairy, vegetables, etc). The agent creates detailed nutrition reports showing my daily protein, micronutrients, etc. Currently, I am still manually filling my shopping cart online from the generated list (but working on automating that too).
Micronutrient tracking: I was recently researching whether I needed to invest €100/month in AG1, but after analyzing my current meal plan, it turns out I'm already getting most of my vitamins. The agent suggested a few strategic tweaks (adding sunflower and pumpkin seeds to my bowls for Vitamin E and Zinc, and a kiwi after dinner for vitamin C) to get me where I need to be. I realized I probably do need to take some Vitamin K2 supplements as it's hard to get from food here.
Symptom investigation: I've always struggled with digestive issues but could never narrow down the cause. I've been tracking symptoms using the Bristol scale (so-called log agent!) along with eczema flare ups, and from 2 weeks of data our first hypothesis is that tomatoes are the issue. Apparently tomatoes are a "nightshade" (hadn't heard of it). Starting Monday, we're running a structured elimination diet and the agent has me on plain salmon/chicken, rice and spinach until we kick off.
Still early, but AI allows me to use the time I used to spend on planning meals and creating shopping lists for higher level analysis. I'm still very much in the loop. It's no good at data analysis without me, but with it my capabilities reach much further.
richardblythman•1d ago
Building a meal database: I add meals to a directory using whatever's convenient: photos from a cookbook, or copy-paste from PDFs or websites. I modify the recipes as needed (e.g. scale 2x for lunch leftovers, swap out ingredients that are hard to get, add more information for soft boiling vs hard boiling an egg). The agent scrapes the nutritional information for the recipe automatically via the USDA API and stores it.
Weekly planning & Nutritional analysis: When it's time to plan my week, I can either select from my meal library or let the agent suggest combinations. It then generates a shopping list broken down by category (dairy, vegetables, etc). The agent creates detailed nutrition reports showing my daily protein, micronutrients, etc. Currently, I am still manually filling my shopping cart online from the generated list (but working on automating that too).
Micronutrient tracking: I was recently researching whether I needed to invest €100/month in AG1, but after analyzing my current meal plan, it turns out I'm already getting most of my vitamins. The agent suggested a few strategic tweaks (adding sunflower and pumpkin seeds to my bowls for Vitamin E and Zinc, and a kiwi after dinner for vitamin C) to get me where I need to be. I realized I probably do need to take some Vitamin K2 supplements as it's hard to get from food here.
Symptom investigation: I've always struggled with digestive issues but could never narrow down the cause. I've been tracking symptoms using the Bristol scale (so-called log agent!) along with eczema flare ups, and from 2 weeks of data our first hypothesis is that tomatoes are the issue. Apparently tomatoes are a "nightshade" (hadn't heard of it). Starting Monday, we're running a structured elimination diet and the agent has me on plain salmon/chicken, rice and spinach until we kick off.
Here's a demo of how I interact with it (via an editor we made for non-coding claude code agents). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShcYuV7Evvw
Still early, but AI allows me to use the time I used to spend on planning meals and creating shopping lists for higher level analysis. I'm still very much in the loop. It's no good at data analysis without me, but with it my capabilities reach much further.