Gut Check

Log your meals and get instant insights on how they impact your gut—tailored to your health needs like diabetes or intolerances. Eat smarter, feel better, with a gut-friendly food tracker.

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Inspiration

My mom. He has been suffering from Diabetes for 20+ years ever since i was little. There is a lot of divided opinions on the type of foods she can eat and has always struggled with getting a proper diet. More recently she's been having a pain in her stomach for the last year without any diagnosis on what it could be. Certain foods make it worse and some foods are gentler. I made her send me photos of all her food that she eats so I can make sure she's eating properly... but she's often too busy or fogets. So I came up with the idea of building a food journal for her gut to let her (and me!) track her progress and make sure she's staying healthy.

What it does

It lets you take a photo of the food you eat and tells you how good/bad it is for you based on your health condition and health goals.

How we built it

I built it using bolt with expo.

Challenges we ran into

Connecting AI-SDK and OpenAI 4o model took me days of tinkering and figuring out

The app doesn't run in the preview, but it works in external tab preview (container view)

The biggest challenge so far has been getting code approved by apple (still not there) so for now it's just in testflight and via expo go app via QR code!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Mom found it simple to use and actually understand it! Which was the greatest challenge of them all as she normally hates tech

What we learned

It's a lot more rewarding building apps that solve REAL painful problems like gut health. Vibe coding really feels magical when you go this route

What's next for Gut Check

Test with more users as I've already got people on twitter who want to test this out on their moms. If all goes well I'll create a paid version that anyone in the planet can use

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