https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKulRaDQlAw

“Smart Nutrition” is now a thing. We know that we waste too much food, and consume all kinds of stuff we shouldn’t. Oh, and the food guides and dietary guides? We are all different in so many ways that the people that make those guides are just throwing out averages for everyone. So, of course, there is now software that will look at your specific genetics that affect what you should be eating, creating a custom menu for your specific dietary needs (see the video above). It is expensive, and we should be questioning what they do with the data, but an interesting idea. If it actually works, will schools take note and invest in this technology for students? Then there are the people that changing the actual composition of food to make it healthier. Think of lab-grown meat substitutes, but ones that actually taste and chew like meat. And then, of course, are the smart appliance like refrigerators that track your food usage to make sure you always have what you need without waste. How with this all work together? According to the article, “when our smart refrigerators are loaded with apps possessing knowledge of unique genomes, and suggest recipes accordingly, made from environmentally sustainable ingredients chosen by an artificial intelligence algorithm, that’s when the smart nutrition revolution will have finally taken hold.”