Episode 189
ChatGPT’s (A.I.) nutrition Advice: Should Artificial Intelligence Be Your Coach
The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.
ChatGPT is getting quite popular, so Jenn wanted to ask it some health and nutrition questions and gave it commands such as “write a healthy menu” to see how its advice compares to her own as a health coach. The information ChatGPT came back with was reasonably decent; however, it is very generalized and doesn’t consider bio-individuality. The advice from artificial intelligence also doesn't support the user in taking action on following its advice. Tune in to learn if you should turn to ChatGPT for health advice.
IN THIS EPISODE:
● [01:23] What is ChatGPT?
● [05:53] Question 1: What is the best nutrition advice?
● [11:34] Question 2: How do I lose weight?
● [16:39] Question 3: How do I get 6-pack abs?
● [22:54] Jenn’s feelings about generalized questions of ChatGPT.
● [27:58] Question 4: Write me a healthy menu for one week.
● [34:50] Question 5: What’s a healthy option when I want something sweet?
● [37:18] Question 6: What’s the healthiest salad you can have?
● [40:00] All in - what are Jenn’s final thoughts?
● [41:58] Question 7: What are the limits on the nutrition advice you give?
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
● ChatGPT doesn’t give the “how” to do these things. It just gives the facts for the general person but leaves little for someone to take action on.
● There is no bio-individuality while using ChatGPT. It (so far) doesn’t take into account any details such as weight, height, hormones, gut/health issues, etc. A coach is still the best avenue to get more targeted support.
● ChatGPT is better with commands than questions. We can’t take the recommendations at face value. Take what it’s saying and then compare it to real life and see if it will work for you as an individual.
QUOTES:
“There are hormones connected to feeling hungry or satisfied, and the same way we can become insulin resistant; we know that to be diabetic, we can become resistant to where our bodies are not responding to the presence of those hormones. You may not be getting fullness queues, especially depending on what you eat. Because if you're eating a lot of processed foods, the chemicals in those foods also turn off our brain's ability to know when we’re full.” - Jenn Trepeck
What will happen biochemically, is the number on the scale will go down but what people are losing is water, muscle and sometimes bone.” - Jenn Trepeck
“When it comes to nutrition specifically, a lot of the best research is not necessarily coming from the United States because we allow things in our foods that other countries don’t. I would want to know who the source is before I say this is what I’m going to do, and you don’t get that with ChatGPT.” - Jenn Trepeck
“Your body can tell when it's had enough salmon; your body cannot tell when it’s had enough pringles. The chemicals in the foods and packaged processed foods like Pringles or chips or cookies or all those things are designed to hit all the taste buds in the right way at the right time, such that it leaves you craving. They have chemicals that turn off our ability to know when we're full. And so it's also a function of when we start to eat; the first piece of digestion is saliva. So your body starts to salivate, and it sends signals to the stomach that food is coming. You give it Pringles, and it goes ‘this isn't helpful,’ but now you've told it food's coming, it starts to send you hunger signals cause it's waiting for actual nutrition.” - Jenn Trepeck
“Is it worse than google? I’m inclined to say yes. Google at least tells you the source.” - Jenn Trepeck
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