Açaí/Deficiency checker
Gap analysis

What is your diet actually missing?

Most people know their calories. Almost nobody knows whether they’re low on iron, magnesium, or iodine. Açaí’s seven-day deficiency checker surfaces the gaps and tells you the exact foods that fix them. No blood draw required.

How it works

Four steps from meals to a gap map

01

Log seven days of meals

Photograph everything. Açaí returns 245 micronutrients per meal with per-ingredient precision.

02

Let the model run

Açaí compares your weekly intake to evidence-based intake recommendations for your sex, age, and activity level.

03

See the gaps

A heatmap flags nutrients you missed by 20% or more across the week. Green, yellow, red. No red numbers on calories, just on micronutrients that actually matter.

04

Close the gaps

Açaí recommends specific foods with high density in your missing nutrients, not generic multivitamin ads.

Common gaps

The eight deficiencies we flag most often

Nutrient
Iron
Prevalence
25% of women of reproductive age
Symptoms you might notice
Fatigue, cold hands, exercise intolerance
Close the gap with
Grass-fed beef, lentils, spinach with vitamin C
Nutrient
Vitamin D
Prevalence
~40% of adults
Symptoms you might notice
Low mood, weak immune response, bone pain
Close the gap with
Sunlight, fatty fish, fortified dairy, egg yolks
Nutrient
Vitamin B12
Prevalence
~20% of adults over 60
Symptoms you might notice
Numbness, brain fog, anemia
Close the gap with
Clams, sardines, liver, nutritional yeast
Nutrient
Magnesium
Prevalence
~50% of adults
Symptoms you might notice
Muscle cramps, poor sleep, anxiety
Close the gap with
Pumpkin seeds, dark chocolate, spinach, almonds
Nutrient
Zinc
Prevalence
~12% of adults
Symptoms you might notice
Slow wound healing, low immunity, taste dulling
Close the gap with
Oysters, beef, pumpkin seeds, chickpeas
Nutrient
Iodine
Prevalence
~10% of adults
Symptoms you might notice
Cold intolerance, weight gain, thyroid issues
Close the gap with
Seaweed, iodized salt, cod, dairy
Nutrient
Omega-3 (EPA/DHA)
Prevalence
~70% of Western diets
Symptoms you might notice
Dry skin, joint stiffness, mood dips
Close the gap with
Wild salmon, sardines, algae oil
Nutrient
Folate
Prevalence
~15% of women pre-pregnancy
Symptoms you might notice
Fatigue, pale skin, ulcers
Close the gap with
Leafy greens, lentils, asparagus, liver

Prevalence figures are population estimates drawn from CDC and WHO surveys. Symptoms are non-diagnostic. If you suspect a clinical deficiency, talk to a doctor.

Why seven days

One day is weather. A week is climate.

A single day of meals is noisy. You skipped breakfast, ate a salad, had sushi for dinner. Your micronutrient picture looks fine or catastrophic depending on which day you picked.

Seven days is the shortest window where the pattern stabilizes and the gaps become real. Açaí models the weekly picture against evidence-based intake targets and only flags nutrients you missed on five or more of seven days. That filters out the noise and keeps the signal.

Blood tests still matter for confirmation. But the pattern of your eating is almost always the best first read.

Run a seven-day gap check.

One photo per meal. Seven days. You’ll know exactly what’s missing.