People who have type 1 diabetes don't have an simple and effective way of tracking the amount of carbohydrates they've consumed in a meal. This information is important for their daily lives because the amount of carbohydrates they've eaten dictates how much insulin they have to administer to themselves. This is especially a concern when they are eating out at a restaurant, since nutrition information isn't as readily accessible.
This app is intended to be used by those have Type 1 Diabetes. Since type 1 diabetics are often diagnosed at a young age, we wanted our app to be easy to use and accessible for people of all ages.
With Marlon Jost and Lily Pattison, we created CarbSmart, an app that makes tracking carbohydrates for a meal easier than ever. First, the user is prompted to enter the max grams of carbs they want to consume for their current meal. From there, the app mainly functions utilizing search queries to a cloud storage service called Firebase. The user first searches what restaurant the user wants to search orders for. After that, the user is free to add orders from that restaurant into a meal. As orders are added, the app is able to automatically calculate how many carbs are in their desired meal and compare that value to their desired max carbs.