Genetically personalized food recommendation systems and methods

A method of providing genetically personalized food recommendations, the method comprising:

• determining information about nutritional needs associated with a plurality of combinations of genetic information, medical information, and therapeutic objectives, the determining comprising, for each specific micronutrient of a plurality of individual micronutrients:
• creating an individual score for each of a plurality of existing individual scientific literature references that links the specific micronutrient to at least one of specific genetic information, specific medical information, and a specific therapeutic objective;
• combining the individual scores for each of the plurality of existing individual scientific literature references for the specific micronutrient with respect to each combination of specific genetic information, specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective;
• and
• determining that the specific micronutrient matches the specific genetic information, the specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective when a combination of the individual scores for the specific micronutrient with respect to the specific genetic information, the specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective exceeds a predetermined threshold;
• storing, in a food micronutrient database, food nutrient data for a plurality of foods and the information about nutritional needs associated with a plurality of combinations of genetic information, medical information, and therapeutic objectives, the food nutrient data comprising proximates data, inorganics data, micronutrients data, vitamin fractions data, fatty acid compositions data, and bioactive compounds data;
• receiving genetic information, medical information, therapeutic objectives, and dietary preferences of a user;
• storing, in a user library, the genetic information, the medical information, the therapeutic objectives, and the dietary preferences of the user;
• determining nutritional needs of the user based on the genetic information, the medical information, and the therapeutic objectives of the user and the information about nutritional needs stored in the food micronutrient database associated with the user's combination of genetic information, medical information, and therapeutic objectives;
• analyzing the food nutrient data of the plurality of foods to identify one or more foods of the plurality of foods that will provide the nutritional needs of the user;
• comparing the identified one or more foods with the dietary preferences of the user;
• and
• outputting a food recommendation to the user that comprises food selected from the identified one or more foods that align with the dietary preferences of the user.

A genetically personalized food recommendation system comprising:

• a processor communicatively coupled to a network and configured to receive at least two of genetic information, medical information, therapeutic objectives, and dietary preferences from each of a plurality of users through the network;
• and
• a storage communicatively coupled to the processor, the storage comprising a user library and a food micronutrient database,
• wherein the user library comprises a plurality of user profiles corresponding to the plurality of users, each of the user profiles comprising at least two of the genetic information, the medical information, the therapeutic objectives, and the dietary preferences of one of the plurality of users,
• wherein the food micronutrient database comprises food nutrient data for a plurality of foods and a mapping of individual micronutrients to at least two of genetic information, medical information, and therapeutic objectives,
• wherein the mapping is developed by, for each specific micronutrient of the individual micronutrients:
• creating an individual score for each of a plurality of existing individual scientific literature references that links the specific micronutrient to at least one of specific genetic information, specific medical information, and a specific therapeutic objective;
• combining the individual scores for each of the plurality of existing individual scientific literature references for the specific micronutrient with respect to each combination of specific genetic information, specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective;
• and
• determining that the specific micronutrient matches the specific genetic information, the specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective when a combination of the individual scores for the specific micronutrient with respect to the specific genetic information, the specific medical information, and the specific therapeutic objective exceeds a predetermined threshold, and
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive a food recommendation request from one of the plurality of users through the network;
• retrieve information regarding the genetic information, the medical information, the therapeutic objectives, and the dietary preferences of the one of the plurality of users from the user library and data from the food micronutrient database;
• identify one or more micronutrients that match any of the genetic information, the medical information, and the therapeutic objectives of the one of the plurality of users based on the mapping;
• identify at least one of the plurality of foods that provides the one or more micronutrients and aligns with the dietary preferences of the one of the plurality of users;
• and
• send a food recommendation comprising the at least one of the plurality of foods to the one of the plurality of users through the network.