FRUIT-BASKET 🍌🍎🥝

Inspiration

We wanted to create a tool that helps people make healthier choices by linking fruits and meals to common health struggles, making it fun and easy to improve nutrition.

What it does

• Lets users select a specific health issue (fatigue, muscle cramps, constipation, etc.)
  
• Recommends fruits rich in nutrients that help with that issue
  
• Suggests meal ideas incorporating the fruits
  
• Optionally tracks budget for recommended meals
  

How we built it

• Frontend/UI: VS Code, HTML/CSS/JS
• Backend/Logic: Reads fruits.json, healthIssues.json, meals.json
  
• Data management: JSON files stored in data/ folder
  
• Version control & collaboration: GitHub + GitHub Desktop
  
• Optional: Budget integration with mock Capital One API
  

Challenges we ran into

• Setting up GitHub on older Macs with OAuth issues
  
• Syncing branches for multiple collaborators
  
• Designing a simple yet informative fruit recommendation algorithm
  

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Created a fully working branch + Git workflow for the team
  
• Structured the repo with data/ and src/ folders for rapid development
  
• Implemented dummy JSON data for fruits, health issues, and meals
  

What we learned

• How to manage branches and merge features safely in a hackathon setting
  
• How to structure data for nutrition-based recommendations
  
• Using VS Code + GitHub Desktop together effectively
  

What's next for FRUITS-RECS

• Build interactive UI to select health issues
  
• Implement fruit recommendation logic dynamically
  
• Add meal suggestions and budget tracking
  
• Improve data richness (more fruits, nutrients, and meals)

Built With

• c++
• html
• javascript
• python