Symptoms tracker

[williamzeni99]

Hi!

Many people track their diet because of nutrition related disease. Maybe they are working on discovering intolerances or simply trying to understand if a given diets make them more strong or acne free.

It would be great to implement a symptoms diary, I think you almost have already a structured app to easy implement this feature.

[XavierRolex]

Hey @williamzeni99
I completely agree that this would be an amazing feature.
A lot of people track their food not just for calories or macros, but to understand how certain meals affect their digestion, skin, energy, mood, or other symptoms. Whether it's trying to pinpoint intolerances (like dairy, gluten, etc.) or just seeing how certain foods impact things like sleep or acne, having a symptom diary alongside food tracking would be super helpful.
And honestly, the structure is mostly already there—if you can log meals and timestamps, it wouldn't take much to also let users log things like:

• Bloating

• Headaches

• Skin flare-ups

• Fatigue

• Mood swings

Even just a simple 1–5 scale for a few common symptoms could go a long way. Over time, users could start to see patterns (e.g., “I always feel foggy 1–2 hours after eating X”).
This could make the app even more valuable, especially for people working with doctors, nutritionists, or doing elimination diets.
Would love to see this added in the future!

[williamzeni99]

Yeah exactly!

Right now I'm forced to use Eat Smart Kiwi that has more or less the interface you described, but I don't really like the idea to share my private data to someone who then train an AI. With the data trained then they sell analysis and insights about your personal diet. Cool, but not my cup of tea. A self hosted solution with these features would be amazing (of course just for collecting data, the AI stuff probably out of the scope of this project).

Taking inspiration from Kiwi I would suggest logging:

• Digestion

• Acid reflux
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Gas (flatulence)
• Stomach pain
• Congestion

• Behavioral

• Mood
• Energy
• Bloating
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Happiness
• Irritability

• Pain in general

• Headache
• Joint pain
• Sore throat
• Muscle twitching
• Bladder pain
• Neck pain
• Chest pain

• Others

• Acne
• Insomnia
• Nausea
• Sensitive teeth

and they have a lot more