Our story
I was handed two prescriptions.
I chose a different path.
A couple of years ago my doctor told me my blood pressure and cholesterol were high enough to medicate. He handed me two prescriptions and sent me on my way — no conversation about food, no mention of exercise, no curiosity about what I was actually eating.
Something didn't sit right. I wasn't ready to be on medication for the rest of my life. So I started researching on my own.
What I found surprised me. Study after study showed that diet and targeted exercise could move the needle on both conditions — sometimes dramatically. I changed what I ate, started moving more consistently, and within months my numbers had improved enough that my doctor and I agreed I didn't need the prescriptions after all.
But here's what I also found: this wasn't secret information. It just wasn't what I was being offered.
I looked into hiring a nutritionist. The costs were steep, insurance wouldn't cover it, and I didn't even know where to find one I could trust. So I did what most people do — I used AI tools, read everything I could find, and figured it out myself.
"The hardest part wasn't the discipline. It was the grocery store. I'd stand in an aisle holding two products, trying to decode labels that seemed designed to confuse."
That's why I built MyNutritionist. Not as a diet app. Not as a calorie counter. As the tool I wish I'd had standing in that aisle — one that tells you what's actually in your food, in plain language, before you put it in your cart.
— Dariel, founder of MyNutritionist