Researchers are working to find out what your body specifically needs to lose weight or even prevent disease, now with the help of artificial intelligence.
Many people have tried some sort of exercise routine or diet to get in better shape, but when one doesn’t work, many turn to a different way or give up entirely.
I’ve never set on one specific diet, study participant Aryelle Stafford said.
But now, AI could show you exactly what you should do.
Stafford joined a medical trial focusing on how food affects our bodies, and to track diet eating. The end goal was to allow AI to create a full diet plan.
With every style of food that I was given, there were changes happening in my body, which was kind of cool to see, Stafford said.
The National Institute of Health launched the largest precision nutrition study last year. The study involves 10,000 participants in over 14 different locations, including Baton Rouge’s Pennington Biomedical Center and New Orleans.
About 1,100 people from Louisiana have an opportunity to characterize the Cajun diet, Research Investigator and Professor Leanne Redman, Ph.D., said.
Redman helped to create the idea of AI-generated diets. The study aims to create personalized diet plans based on your own characteristics, family history, lifestyle and surroundings. However, the goal is more than just weight loss.
This is what is recommended for this person, to prevent Alzheimer’s, to prevent cancer, to prevent arthritis. The sky’s the limit with what these algorithms are going to do for us in the future, Redman said.
While the study is in its beginning stages, researchers say it may be a few more years before an AI can be used as a full-time dietitian.
If you want to try an AI-inspired diet plan, you can sign up through Pennington Biomedical here.
