ChatGPT: using artificial intelligence in creating diets can pose risks, experts say

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For experts, food planning does not take into account the characteristics of each person

Weight loss, reducing the amount of fat in the body, acquiring muscle mass, controlling the nutrients that a sick or recovering person can ingest, among others. According to experts, these are just some factors that lead people to seek help from a professional. But there are those who look for other consultation methods and resort to alternatives such as chatGPT — an artificial intelligence system capable of interacting with human beings — instead of an expert.

Doctor in clinical endocrinology Flavio Cadegiani says that relying solely on a literally “robotized” diet that does not take into account any of the person’s nuances can be dangerous.

“Each person has a greater chance of adhering to a different type of diet. So, a problem with current studies is that they keep comparing trying to find a better diet. The fact of having more alternative food options is extremely enriching because we are able to humanize, individualize and place each patient’s preferences within the context. So the great revolution is through individualization”,

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For nutritionist Camila Pedrosa, personalization must take into account emotions, pre-existing illnesses, the time the person has, financial disposition and, only after that, create a food plan that can be followed. According to the specialist, these are factors that are not observed in a consultation by the chatGPT.

“I need, within each person’s individuality, to think and make sure I have a dietary plan that, even if it’s not perfect, the person can follow. And then she continues, we make small adjustments over the months until I can come up with a perfect plan for that person. Because there is no perfect plan for everyone if it is not followed,”

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“The big problem is that the chatGPT Don’t look at the person. He sets it up, he is based on the average of the studies, so when he proposes, you put a calorie deficit of so much, a response of so much, you want to lose so much, he calculates a lot on the average of the studies”, highlights the nutritionist.

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Nutritionist Camia Pedrosa explains that everyone needs a supply of muscle and nutrients to keep their bones strong and firm, which they may end up not having due to weight loss processes without nutritional guidance.

“When these diets are done without the guidance of a professional, they are done just with weight loss in mind, I can cause the individual to become weak, malnourished, lack vitamins and minerals that will be essential in the aging process — and if If she is older, she will need those nutrients inside her body”,

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According to endocrinologist Flavio Cadegiani, the prescription of the dietary program must take into account factors such as the patient’s objectives; your health history; intolerances, allergies and preferences; routine and time.

“The ideal, in fact, is that nutrition and medicine refer to individualized consultancy in which they follow the patient’s steps, understanding that this patient will also have a change in response over time to the same diet”,

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Camila Pedrosa adds another problem: “Often this person who has sought help from artificial intelligence instead of seeking a medical professional, often does not even check-ups this person does annually. And if that person already has a pre-existing illness and is seeking guidance from these tools, it could most likely aggravate the pre-existing health problem and worsen their health condition”, he warns.

Source: Brasil 61

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