ChatGPT life hacks: How users are spawning grocery lists from AI
The emergence of generative AI is opening a whole new world of life hacks. One of the most recent hacks is spawning AI-generated recipes, meal plans and even grocery lists from ChatGPT. Users are leveraging the power of ChatGPT to create personalized meal plans, workout plans and much more.
A hack recently went viral on TikTok after user Mellyssa Viele posted a video about how she used ChatGPT to create a diet-specific, seven-day meal plan. Viele prompted the chatbot to come up with a plan that is endometriosis-friendly, good for hormone imbalances in women and helps reduce inflammation.
ChatGPT was quick to fill Viele’s request, whittling down the meal plan each time she asked for something new, such as keeping each day under 1,700 calories and incorporating snacks. Viele explained that she continued to feed ChatGPT input on what she liked, including removing tuna from the mix, until she was satisfied with meals for all seven days.
ChatGPT even took into consideration how some dinners could be eaten as leftovers for lunch the next day. Viele then asked ChatGPT to create a grocery list according to the specific meal plan it had created. "It gives me a grocery list … of every single ingredient, everything that I need," she said. "And it categorizes by produce, pantry, meats."
As an endometriosis sufferer of nearly 10 years, Viele said she’d done months’ worth of research to nail down a diet that would help reduce inflammation, pain and bloating. "I had a rough idea of what foods are good [for endometriosis] and which to avoid," she said. "But putting it all together in a cohesive schedule/plan was a bit tedious, so ChatGPT impressed me there."
Tech expert Mike Pell, director of The Microsoft Garage, reacted to the life hack in an email sent to Fox News Digital. He considered it a "great example of how ChatGPT is becoming a valuable tool for everyday things." He also said, "Seeing the wonder at how well it did and the excitement of [Viele's] realizing what’s now possible is priceless."
Users are encouraged to try out ChatGPT for meal planning and recipe building. However, it should be used as a helpful tool, not as the whole truth. While ChatGPT may be a resource for developing a healthier meal plan, conversation between the patient, licensed nutritionist and physician is crucial to determine what is best for the patient.
