Macro Mate - an AI Diet Assistant

This repository hosts the code for an AI-based web application designed to assist users in achieving their dietary goals. The application computes personalized energetic and macronutrient requirements, generates tailored diet plans, and allows for dynamic customization through a chatbot interface.

Key Features

Personalized Diet Generation

• Calculates user-specific energetic and macronutrient needs.
• Generates diet plans using a template-based approach for reliability and consistency.
• Option to create diets from a collection of recipes.

Integrated Nutrition Data

• Connects to Nutrionix API to fetch accurate and reliable nutritional values.

Interactive Chatbot

• Enables users to refine and adapt their diet plans according to their preferences in real time.

Modern Web Interface

• Developed using Streamlit for an intuitive and seamless user experience.

Technical Stack

• Generative AI: Powered by LangChain to generate and adapt diet plans.
• Frontend: Built with Streamlit for quick and interactive interfaces.
• Backend: Python-based logic for energy and macro computations, integrated with Open Food Facts API.
• Containerization: Fully containerized with Docker for consistent and scalable deployment.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+
• Docker

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone  https://github.com/renatalucia/MacroMate.git
cd MacroMate 

Edit the config.json file inside the \app folder to include your API KEYS.

Build the Docker container:

docker build -t streamlit .

Run the application:

docker run -p 8501:8501 streamlit

Open the application:

Access the app at http://localhost:8501.