AI Counts, Humans Heal: Nutrition vs Algorithms

Par Gabriel Goldberg 22 March 2026 3 min read

The human brain is a fascinating machine, designed for speed, but it is decidedly not built for counting. In consultations, when my patients recount what they have eaten throughout the day, I often hear a heavily sugar-coated version of reality. "I had a salad for lunch," they tell me. But the mind conveniently omits the croutons, the handful of cheese, the overly rich dressing and the little snack that followed. We tend to describe our ideal diet, but the ideal is not reality. Worse still: when you snack standing up while opening the fridge door, or gulp down three biscuits while grabbing a quick coffee, the brain does not even register the act of eating. This is where technology enters the picture — not as a judge, but as a mirror. Éléonore Dagneau de Richecour in consultation, combining scientific data with human empathy. The shock of clarity: when AI becomes the accountant Logging your meals in an app or asking an artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to analyse your plate triggers a shock. It is the same principle as seeing yourself in a photograph: at some point, you can no longer lie to yourself. I am deeply committed to my patients' autonomy. My goal is not to keep them "on life support" with me forever. In this context, artificial intelligence is a formidable accounting tool. Ensuring you meet your daily protein quota or smoothing your intake over the week no longer systematically requires a practitioner. AI does the maths, offers a real-time dashboard and empowers…