Gard

Guarding Your Gut, Every Day.

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Inspiration

GERD is one of the most common digestive disorders, yet many people only realize they have it after experiencing recurring symptoms or complications. Most cases are triggered by controllable lifestyle factors such as irregular eating habits, poor food choices, stress, and lack of routine monitoring. Existing health apps often focus on general wellness but fail to provide personalized support for GERD prevention and long-term management.

We built Gard to empower people to take control of their digestive health through AI-driven insights, personalized reminders, and daily habit tracking. Instead of only reacting when symptoms appear, Gard encourages users to build healthier routines before GERD becomes a serious problem.

What it does

Gard is an AI-powered mobile application that helps users prevent, monitor, and manage GERD through personalized daily assistance.

Key features include:

  • AI GERD Risk Assessment based on user lifestyle and symptoms.
  • Food Tracking to identify foods that may trigger GERD.
  • Medication & Meal Reminders to encourage consistent healthy habits.
  • Symptom Tracking to monitor reflux episodes over time.
  • Personalized Recommendations generated from user habits and health data.
  • Progress Dashboard that visualizes eating patterns, symptom trends, and overall digestive health.

Rather than simply recording health information, Gard provides actionable insights that help users make better everyday decisions.

How we built it

We developed Gard using a modern technology stack designed for scalability and accessibility.

  • Flutter for cross-platform mobile development.
  • Supabase for authentication, database, and backend services.
  • Google OAuth for secure user login.
  • AI-powered recommendation engine to analyze user habits and generate personalized suggestions.
  • Reminder & notification system for meal schedules and medication adherence.

The application continuously collects user activity, symptom logs, and meal history to improve recommendation accuracy over time.

Challenges we ran into

One of our biggest challenges was balancing medical relevance with user simplicity. We wanted the application to provide meaningful health insights without overwhelming users with medical terminology.

Other challenges included:

  • Designing personalized recommendations without requiring excessive user input.
  • Creating reminder schedules that encourage healthy habits without becoming intrusive.
  • Structuring health data so it remains useful for long-term trend analysis.
  • Building an intuitive interface that users can easily interact with on a daily basis.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud that Gard goes beyond being a symptom tracker.

Our achievements include:

  • Building an integrated platform that combines AI, food tracking, reminders, and symptom monitoring.
  • Creating a personalized GERD management experience rather than generic health advice.
  • Designing an intuitive user experience focused on daily habit formation.
  • Developing a solution with potential real-world impact for people living with GERD.

What we learned

This project taught us that healthcare applications are not just about technology, but about understanding human behavior.

We learned:

  • Personalization significantly increases user engagement.
  • Preventive healthcare requires consistent habit-building rather than one-time interventions.
  • AI is most valuable when it provides simple, actionable recommendations instead of complex predictions.
  • Designing for healthcare requires balancing accuracy, usability, and user trust.

What's next for Gard

Our vision is to transform Gard into a comprehensive digestive health companion.

Future plans include:

  • Integrating with wearable devices to monitor sleep, activity, and stress levels.
  • Developing a smarter AI model using larger real-world datasets.
  • Adding barcode-based food recognition and nutritional analysis.
  • Providing risk prediction for GERD flare-ups before symptoms occur.
  • Supporting telemedicine integration with healthcare professionals.
  • Expanding beyond GERD to support other digestive conditions through the same intelligent health platform.

Our goal is simple: help people build healthier habits today to prevent digestive problems tomorrow.

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