Building on our genetic and metabolic optimization 101 approach, we added a +1 in a Shaq-like pivot, to give you an online companion that updates you continuously as to what your next best meal could look like. Not only that, but it also recommends customized metabolic testing based on your genetic risk and personalized supplement stacks based on both your genetic risk and your customized metabolic testing results. To top it off, it is based on a dynamic algorithm, so you can update your daily circumstances should you wish to do so, to get real time recommendations adjusted to your genetics and metabolism. Pretty darn sexy, right? Riiight? :))
So what’s new?
We have crafted a state of the art dietary algorithm that takes into account pretty much every piece of relevant information we can get from you: goals and preferences, genetics, biomarkers results, health data from various trackers (coming soon), symptoms based on various health conditions, as well as daily updates to your changing life, to keep you on your toes with your nutrition. As opposed to having one-off assessments and recommendations, this allows you to dynamically track your status & progress and make adjustments as you see fit.
First, Complete the questionnaire
First of all, you need to set up an account and complete our brief initial questionnaire. There you can upload your genetic data and our algorithm already generates your initial shopping list, should you wish to cook your food. With this, you can go to your favourite grocers and update in real time what quantities you end up buying from each recommended food, as well as any replacement foods you decide to buy instead of the algorithm recommendations.
Then, check your meals
Once shopping has been taken care of, you can check your upcoming meals in ‘Today’s nutrition’, with the required ingredients, as well as an indicative recipe you can follow to prepare your meal. For batch cooking, simply choose the multiple of days for which you wish to cook. Our algorithm recommends the same set of meals per week just to keep things simple, but then varies week to week both meals and component foods, within your preferences, genetic and metabolic constraints to achieve that nutritional diversity, which represents the axiomatic basis for dietary health. Here you can also glimpse at the geekiness behind our algorithm by checking out detailed macro- and micronutrients behind each meal. We do optimize every aspect of your nutrition!
You can also eat out
Should you wish to dine out instead, you can see what options we have investigated from local diners, that match to a specific degree your custom nutritional needs. For now we are testing this feature with Pret, which you can find pretty much anywhere. And whereas there isn’t any choice that can meet your custom nutritional needs exactly, because Pret is selling off the shelf products, there is a % match score for each combination of products. These can be broken down to half portion sizes, i.e. you can eat 1/2 of a salad, sandwich, bowl etc, and the combination of portion sizes of the portfolio of products we recommend adds up to a specific % match of your custom nutritional needs (e.g. you can get an 85% match to your ideal nutritional intake). We are also looking to integrate other dine-out chains that allow you to build a custom meal, so this % match gets as close as possible to your custom nutritional needs. Stay tuned!
Remember
You can always tweak your goals and dietary preferences from the initial questionnaire, so the algorithm can work in your favor, should you change your mind, or realize that you forgot about some favourite or less favourite foods or meals. And in all honesty, it will take a few iterations even for you to realize and articulate what you want and what you like or don’t like. Practice makes perfect they say, so keep on using our algorithm, update it with your inputs and it will get to know and help you to the best of its scientific abilities.
The sexy
Now here is where the sexy, dynamic part comes in. No day is like the previous and life brings to the table new challenges every minute, even second. Your metabolism is also not constant, but is changing continuously. Your mood may follow through. Plus there are ongoing and unpredictable demands on your time and energy, so there is no one size fits all, no constant nutritional recommendation that is optimal for you regardless. That’s why in your ‘Today’s updates’ feature, you can briefly update the algorithm with any change for the day, be it related to your activity level, social drinking or even fasting. These are key as you can imagine for your real time nutrition, so don’t hide these away from your custom algorithm. :)
Feedback helps
Planning doesn’t do the trick by itself. Execution of the plan is paramount, so here is where the ‘difficult’ part comes in: compliance with the algorithm recommendations. And when you add life’s requirements on top of any solution, regardless how custom and optimal, friction is inevitable. That’s why in your ‘Feedback’ feature we ask you to honestly tell our algorithm to what degree you complied with the recommendations. It doesn’t judge you, so please be honest about it. It is not for our benefit, but for yours, as the algorithm factors the compliance degree in the subsequent recommendations it makes. So if you want to have optimal dietary recommendations in real time, the algorithm needs to know what your baseline is in that specific moment. Makes sense?
Check your progress
So you do all of the above and you always get real-time, optimal nutritional recommendations. So what? Well, we think this is a biggie by itself, but there’s more. Check out ‘Supplements’ and ‘Biomarkers’ features to get an idea about your genetic risks & strengths and custom recommendations as to:
- what biomarker tests to take, in order to further investigate and assess various inflammatory, antioxidants, detox or metabolic genetic risks
- what custom supplements best address your genetic (and metabolic, provided you decide to take any biomarker tests) risks
The Biomarkers section also allows you to track your progress via personalized tests to your genetics, and thus see in real time again, how much the algorithm recommendations really help you. Impressive? That’s what we think.
..And Thrive
So this is how we plan to revolutionise the way you care about your health, wellbeing and longevity. We hope that you appreciate this and will also find it useful. It would strengthen the purpose of doing what we do. Just remember this algorithm is not meant to create additional stress in your life by constraining you to any decision you don’t feel like making, so interact with it only when needed. Otherwise, feel free to diverge from the ideal as you feel and see fit. We all do that all the time :).
And just in case you want and/or like to dig into the scientific details behind this story, feel free to check our references that represent the building blocks of NutriFix. We welcome any thoughts and commentary you might have. This is how we all keep on learning. Remember, we’re all in this together!