Mastodawn

Why is the cheese sandwich the downfall of AI carb counting?
A slightly rhetorical question, I'll admit, but a pertinent one. Once again, I have been trying out the latest (read most heavily pushed on Facebook Diabetes groups by its founder, to the extent that using your mum as an advocate - or your mum's account - is really taking it a little too far) a
https://www.diabettech.com/why-is-the-cheese-sandwich-the-downfall-of-ai-carb-counting/
#AI #AI #CarbCOunting #carbetic #Diabetes #Snaq

Tim Street Apr 15

I Asked AI to Count My Carbs 27,000 Times. It Couldn’t Give Me the Same Answer Twice.
Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times.

You’d expect the same answer each time. It’s the same photo, the same model, the s
https://www.diabettech.com/i-asked-ai-to-count-my-carbs-27000-times-it-couldnt-give-me-the-same-answer-twice/
#Diabetes #CarbCOunting #ChatGPT54 #ClaudeSonnet46 #Gemini25Pro #Gemini31ProPreview #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs

Neurodivergent BC

Apr 6

Hey #BrownsSocialhouse, you need to fix your #nutrition info. The #Steak #Frites is clearly missing the #macros for the #fries especially with a #carb count that low, and the separate listing for the HCDC fries has a #calorie count that is way too high for those macros. People who have #insulin dependant #diabetes need that info to be accurate when #bolusing, as inaccurate #carbcounting can lead to glucose levels that are either too high or too low. This is why accurate nutrition and #allergen info should be mandatory at all #BritishColumbia restaurants, because the lack of them is a huge barrier for many #disabled people to eat at #restaurants.

Tim Street Aug 12, 2025

Beyond Snaq-qing. Digesting your glucose patterns.
I spent a long time discussing Snaq's use of AI for food recognition in the previous article. In this one, I'm looking at what it does in relation to glucose patterns.

Snaq looks at two areas:

Feedback on your time in range for the three hours after a meal;

Providing an estimate, given the inform
https://www.diabettech.com/diabetes/beyond-snaq-qing-digesting-your-glucose-patterns/
#AI #Diabetes #AI #CarbCOunting #Diabetes #Snaq

Tim Street Aug 8, 2025

Snaq. A diabetes AI to help you carb count. Badly.
Here we review Snaq, a diabetes management app that aims to simplify carb counting through food photo recognition. Despite its functionality, the app struggles with food identification and portion sizes, often leading to inaccurate outputs. Users must contribute data to improve its learning, raising concerns about its subscription c
https://www.diabettech.com/ai/snaq-a-diabetes-ai-to-help-you-carb-count-badly/
#AI #AI #CarbCOunting #Snaq