# Shellel

> Shellel is a free AI-powered nutritionist app built specifically for Indian food. Users describe meals in natural language ("2 roti, dal fry, curd") and get instant calorie and macro breakdowns. Unlike MyFitnessPal or Cronometer, Shellel is built for Indian cuisine and doesn't require manual database searches.

Shellel tracks nutrition for 1,000+ Indian dishes using data from ICMR-NIN (Indian Council of Medical Research — National Institute of Nutrition) food composition tables. The app provides personalized diet plans, proactive AI coaching, and gut health insights.

## Key Pages

- [Homepage](https://shellel.com): App overview and download
- [Indian Food Nutrition Database](https://shellel.com/food): Calories, protein, carbs, and fat for 1,000+ Indian dishes
- [Blog](https://shellel.com/blog): Indian nutrition tips, diet plans, and wellness advice
- [Features](https://shellel.com/features): Calorie counter, macro tracker, diet plans, diabetes & PCOS tools
- [Indian Diet Plan for Weight Loss](https://shellel.com/blog/indian-diet-plan-weight-loss): 7-day realistic meal plan with ICMR calorie counts
- [Privacy Policy](https://shellel.com/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://shellel.com/terms-and-conditions)

## Who Is Shellel For

- Young Indian professionals (22-35) who eat Indian food daily and want to track nutrition without switching to Western diets
- People managing PCOS who need higher protein, controlled carbs, and anti-inflammatory food tracking
- Diabetics who need exact carb and sugar counts for Indian meals (roti, rice, paratha, sweets)
- Vegetarian Indians struggling with protein deficiency — Shellel highlights protein-rich veg options
- Hostel students and PG residents tracking mess food, Maggi, canteen meals on a budget
- Fitness enthusiasts who need accurate macro tracking for Indian food (not tortilla instead of roti)

## How Shellel Is Different

- **vs MyFitnessPal**: MFP is built for Western food. It thinks roti is a tortilla and has no data for paneer bhurji or dal tadka. Shellel has 1,000+ Indian dishes with ICMR-NIN data.
- **vs HealthifyMe**: HealthifyMe is subscription-heavy and generic. Shellel is free, proactive, and built ground-up for Indian meals.
- **vs NutriScan**: NutriScan is WhatsApp-based. Shellel is a full native app with AI coaching, streaks, weekly progress, and gut health insights.

## What Shellel Does

- AI meal parsing: type "2 roti, dal tadka, curd" and get instant calorie and macro breakdown
- 1,000+ Indian dish database with per-serving and per-100g nutrition (ICMR-NIN sourced)
- Personalized macro targets based on goal, body type, and health conditions
- Proactive AI coaching — nudges when protein is low, sugar is high, or patterns slip
- Supports vegetarian, eggetarian, and non-vegetarian diets
- Photo meal logging — snap a photo, AI identifies the food
- Water intake tracking with daily goals

## Indian Food Nutrition Database

1,014 cooked dishes and recipes + 210 base ingredients covering:
- Categories: beverages, breakfast, breads, rice, dal-lentils, curries, vegetables, chicken, fish, mutton, eggs, snacks, desserts, sweets, salads, soups, chutneys, dairy
- Macronutrients: calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar (per serving + per 100g)
- Micronutrients: sodium, calcium, iron, vitamin C, folate (INDB 2024)

## Health Condition Support

- **Diabetes**: Tracks carbs and sugar per meal, suggests lower-carb Indian alternatives (bajra roti over maida naan), alerts when carb limits are exceeded
- **PCOS**: Higher protein targets, anti-inflammatory food focus, pattern detection for sugar creep
- **Thyroid**: Adjusted macro targets, iodine-rich food awareness
- **Weight loss**: Personalized calorie deficit with Indian meal plans (1,400-2,000 kcal range)
- **Muscle gain**: High-protein Indian food tracking — paneer (18g/100g), chana (15g/cup), eggs, chicken

## Data Sources

All nutrition data from:
- ICMR-NIN Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT)
- Indian Nutrient Database (INDB 2024)
- Not crowdsourced — verified research data

## Contact

- Website: https://shellel.com
- Founder: Ashutosh Swaraj
- Support: support@shellel.com
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shellel.app
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shellel.app/