Stanford trained doctor shares ‘brilliant ChatGPT hack that helps you eat healthy at restaurants’: Know her AI prompts | Health
Published on: Aug 15, 2025 03:36 pm IST
Dr Aaliya Yaqub showed how AI can simplify meal planning for individuals who want to adhere to specific dietary needs while dining out.
You can use ChatGPT to get healthy eating tips, including advice on eating out in a healthy way. Dr Aaliya Yaqub, a ‘Stanford trained’ physician, wellness expert and the chief medical officer at Thrive Global, highlighted that in a video. She took to Instagram on January 8, to share a clever use of ChatGPT, highlighting its utility as a personal dietary assistant. Also read | How to lose weight using AI? Woman says she lost 15 kg with 4 prompts that helped her go from 100 to 83 kg
‘A personal nutritionist on board with you at all time’
Dr Yaqub explained a hack where people can input restaurant choices and nutritional goals, such as targeting a certain protein amount and calorie limit for a meal, and ChatGPT can then generate a precise order tailored to these requirements.
In the caption of her post, titled ‘brilliant ChatGPT hack that helps you eat healthy at restaurants,’ she wrote, “This is a brilliant ChatGPT hack that I learned about recently! It’s such a game changer for those of us trying to eat healthy while eating out. Would you give this a try? Did you know about this?”
In the accompanying video, Dr Yaqub demonstrated how AI (artificial intelligence) can simplify meal planning for individuals aiming to adhere to specific dietary needs while dining out.
She said, “There’s an awesome ChatGPT hack that I want you to know about. If you like to eat out and want to have a personal nutritionist on board with you at all times, use ChatGPT and say, ‘I’m going to eat at Chipotle this evening. I want to create a meal and create an order that has 30 plus gram of protein and less than 500 calories or whatever your specific needs are for that day or for that meal’. And it will come up with your specific order for you. It is absolutely brilliant. Try it out. Tell me what you think.”
Some examples of using ChatGPT for weight loss
From calculating calorie deficit to meal planning, many social media users are leveraging AI to support their weight loss journeys in various ways, and have been sharing the details as well.
Click here to know how a Swiss woman used AI to lose 7 kg; she shared that instead of complicated apps, she ‘just sent a voice message to ChatGPT each morning’. Click here know how a man lost 27 kg in 6 months using ChatGPT to plan his meals, workouts and daily routine.
Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.
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