Where the advice comes from
Every recommendation in this tool is drawn from the cited sources below. No AI writes the medical advice.
How we keep this honest
Every rule carries at least one cited source, or it does not ship. The same patient always gets the same plan, so nothing is improvised.
Each grade reflects the source's own strength of recommendation and certainty of the evidence. Every rule here has been reviewed and signed off by Dr. Bakhos before it is used.
2026-06-23 Evidence currency pass: cite Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030 and the 2026 AHA dietary guidance; refresh AHA sodium wording; added sugar reframed to no more than 10 g per meal; co-cite KDIGO 2024 on CKD sodium; recalibrate metformin-B12, statin-grapefruit, and potassium-caution grades.
2026-06-22 Clinical sign-off by Dr. J. Bakhos. Saturated fat shown as a <6% goal with <10% upper limit; HTN sodium capped at 2,300 mg with 1,500 mg noted as ideal; CKD protein branched by diabetes status (KDOQI 3.0.1/3.0.2); SGLT2 ketoacidosis caution split into ADA-verbatim + separately-cited ketogenic-diet note.
2026-06-22 Initial seed: cardiometabolic + CKD G1–3b rules, core safety gates, drug–nutrient interactions, and starter recipe set. All web-sourced; pending clinical sign-off.
Condition coverage
Fully modeled
These drive the plans now
Type 2 diabetes
Prediabetes
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia / CVD risk
Overweight / obesity
Chronic kidney disease
Coming soon
Under clinical review
MASLD (fatty liver)
GERD / reflux
Irritable bowel syndrome
Diverticular disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Gout
Osteoarthritis
Cancer risk reduction
Cancer survivorship
We refer these out
Outside what this tool covers