07/15/2025
Why ChatGPT is not your nutritional therapist!
A 2023 study found that ChatGPT’s health advice only aligns with expert clinical recommendations around 60% of the time. And yet, more and more people are turning to AI for nutrition guidance, supplement protocols, and symptom decoding.
It’s easy to see why.
- It’s fast.
- It’s free.
- It speaks in plain English with the confidence of a TED Talk speaker.
But confidence ≠ clinical accuracy.
I’ve seen clients come in after using ChatGPT to craft supplement regimes or interpret their test results — and while the advice looked slick, it often skipped crucial context. Sometimes the platform even cites studies that don’t exist.
The truth is, AI doesn’t ask the right questions — or any questions, really.
It won’t ask about your cycle, your stress load, your sleep, or your blood work. It won’t pause when something you said doesn’t add up. It won’t challenge you or gently probe the deeper layers of a symptom.
A prompt like: “What’s good for leaky gut?”
…will spit out fibre, glutamine, collagen, and bone broth.
Reasonable on the surface.
Potentially reckless underneath.
Because it doesn’t know if you’ve got underlying inflammation, constantly stressed, had a gut infection, or if you’re reacting to half the things it just recommended.
The issue isn’t just the generic nature of the advice — it’s the false sense of authority it’s delivered with. And that’s the bit that worries me most.
AI has a role to play — absolutely. It’s brilliant for admin, automation, and ideation.
But for health?
Real, complex, whole-person health?
You need nuance.
You need clinical (& critical) thinking.
You need someone who doesn’t just listen to your symptoms, but to the silences in between.
If you’re feeling lost in a sea of AI-generated nutrition advice and ready for actual answers, speak to a human (me) — for a focused, personalised check-in to help you get clear on what your body truly needs.
You don’t need more content — you need clarity. That starts with a real conversation.
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