proПОРЦИЯ 2.0: AI Nutritionist

You open the fridge and find a yogurt, three eggs and half a zucchini. What can you make for dinner without blowing through your calorie budget? proПОРЦИЯ 2.0 handles questions like that. 🥕

It is a Telegram mini app with a nutrition helper powered by a neural network. It counts calories, suggests a meal plan and builds a shopping list.

A fridge photo instead of long deliberation

The most curious command here is /frost. You send a picture of what is in your fridge, and the app suggests what you can cook and how to fit it into your plan.

If you tend to decide what to eat five minutes before you are starving, this saves time and money. Food gets used instead of spoiling, and you make fewer needless purchases.

A plan that knows where you live

The developers stress the regional angle. The app builds the menu around your physiological needs, allergens and goals, and also around your region, so it avoids ingredients you cannot find in local shops.

Anyone who has tried a foreign diet knows the pain: the recipe wants quinoa and avocado, and the nearest store has neither.

What the app does

• Calorie counting. You add a meal and the app estimates its calories.
• Meal planning. The menu is shaped by your goal and restrictions.
• Recipes. Dish ideas from what you have on hand.
• Shopping list. A ready set of products instead of wandering the aisles.
• Evening hints. By its description, the app knows what else you can eat for dinner.

Three commands for daily use

1. /start shows the settings, where you enter personal details, goals and allergens.
2. /eat adds a meal. It works best right after eating, while you still remember the portion.
3. /frost launches the "nutrition from a fridge photo" mode.

Begin with the settings. The honesty of your inputs decides the quality of the advice.

Keeping the numbers in perspective

Calories estimated by a neural network from a description or photo are always approximate. Portion size, oil in the pan and a spoonful of sauce can shift the result by a hundred kilocalories or more. That error is normal for any food tracker.

To make the figures more useful, weigh at least your main foods during the first week. After that your eye learns to judge portions better.

Where a nutrition helper stops

The app calls itself a nutritionist, but it is not a doctor. With diabetes, stomach or kidney disease, pregnancy, an eating disorder, or regular medication, a diet should be agreed with a specialist. An algorithm cannot see your lab results.

Be careful with aggressive calorie deficits as well. Cutting food too sharply for fast results often ends in a binge and regained weight. A calm, steady pace works better. 🥗

What happens with your data

You enter height, weight, goals and health details. These are personal, so share only what the calculation needs. When you photograph the fridge, keep documents, faces and unrelated items out of the frame.