The Google Play Store It is populated by an innumerable amount of applications – currently between 1.5 and 2 million – aimed at satisfying every type of need and task. Among the most nobles We undoubtedly find the apps that want to help users improve their health, both through training and nutrition, the latter, however, is a crucial theme when it comes to well -being; Among the various apps in the category we point out those that allow you to keep track of the calories and macronutrients of meals, a very effective habit in achieving their well -being objectives.

The most popular of these is undoubtedly Myfitnesspalthe contact application can count on more than 10 years of honorable service and over time has undergone numerous transformations trying to remain current and useful to its users.

To provide some context, the service is not going through a rosy period due to the introduction of its subscription (95 euros per year) in which it has included some of the most popular functions by depriving users of those features that have learned to love over the years; This choice – which drastically impacted its reputation – combined with the emergence of increasingly fierce competition (the contact apps are now very numerous) have contributed to the negative period.

As an university of encouraging users to sign its subscription plan, the company has introduced a new function called Meal Planner which promises to take into account objectives, food preferences and daily routines to offer nutritional plans created to measure byartificial intelligence.

Personalized nutritional plans and simpler expense thanks to the AI, here is myfitnesspal meal planner

Meal Planner will use body data already recorded within the application to propose Tailor -made food plans based on the needs of the user (for example, losing weight, keeping it and much more), on personal tastes, on the requests to undertake a type of specific diet (keto, poor fat, full of proteins and so on) and then generating a nutritional plan ad hoc.

The novelty does not stop there: the artificial intelligence algorithm used by the application will also deal with one Automatic shopping list Based on the recipes contained in the nutritional plan, the monthly or weekly spending budget and the number of family members.

The company thus described Meal Planner:

  • Users will be able to insert their goals, budget, food preferences and family size to receive a personalized weekly food plan with a shopping list to facilitate expenditure.
  • For those who do not have time to go to the supermarket, the tool is integrated with the main online retailers such as Instacart, so you can directly order everything found on your personalized list.

In addition, as stated in the press release, the application will integrate with third -party online retailers, tightening commercial agreements through which to postpone its users on the aforementioned platforms to buy the expense generated by artificial intelligence.

The application aims to manage the user’s nutritional plan, therefore its objectives of well -being, as well as helping it to save on shopping through the programming of meals in advance.

Skepticism is growing towards the new function

The function, as well as most of the innovations related to the AI, is extremely polarizing and the first comments and opinions online only confirm our feeling; Although integration with third -party retailers is interesting, many criticize the simplicity of this function which could be quietly recreated with the various chatbots to the available on the net as Chatgpt And Gemini Just to name a couple.

In addition, as seen, the app promises to help users save in food shopping by providing a well -defined list of foods necessary for weekly meals; a commendable intent that takes paradoxical outlines if you think it is one Exclusive function of the Premium+ subscription cost of 99 dollars a year.

It is certainly not an innovative function in itself, its strength lies in the integration with the tracking system of MyFitnessPal’s calories allowing you to deal with the expense and its nutritional plan directly in a single place, without leaving the application.

In conclusion, we underline, once again, the need to take cum wheat salis what is generated by artificial intelligence Which, as you now know, can be the victim of hallucinations and generate falsehood and in this case propose not very balanced or even harmful nutritional plans for the health of the individual.

In these cases it is always recommended to contact a doctor to understand your health and food picture, your nutritional needs and any needs before relying on a nutritional plan generated by the AI.

At the time of writing this article, the Meal Planner function of MyFitnessPal is officially available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

To use it, it will be necessary to subscribe to Premium+, the subscription plan to 99.99 dollars (approximately 95 euros) per year. To date there is no news on a possible arrival also in Italy nor the company has communicated more information on the matter.