CraveShift: Food Cravings App

CraveShift: The Science-Backed Food Cravings App Struggling with food cravings, food noise, and binge eating despite your best efforts with calorie counting and restrictive diets? It's not about willpower or guilt — it's about how your brain works and how food is engineered to hijack your natural satiety signals. CraveShift is built by food researchers and nutrition experts to help you understand the brain mechanisms behind cravings and regain control without restrictive diets or calorie counting. Unlike traditional diet and food tracking apps that focus on logging calories, macros, and every meal, CraveShift uses neuroscience and behavioural science to decode why you crave certain foods and what triggers binge eating. Ultra-processed food built with addictive ingredients targets your brain's reward centres, pushing you to eat beyond fullness. CraveShift gives you a clear window into your eating patterns — without the stress of tracking calories or macros. Instant Food Scanning to Reveal Hidden Triggers With CraveShift's camera scanning feature, just point your phone at any food to get an instant Processing Level Score showing how engineered that food is to drive your cravings. The app highlights hidden triggers like refined flour, added sugars, and excess salt — key ingredients in ultra-processed food designed to override your brain's natural stop signals. Understanding the nutrition and addictive quality of processed foods helps you spot what keeps you hooked, with no calorie counting or food logging required. Understand Food Cravings and Brain Reward Systems Ever wonder why you can't stop at a single chip or cookie? CraveShift breaks down the neuroscience of food cravings using clear explanations of how your brain works. You'll learn about dopamine reward cycles, stress-driven cortisol loops, sensory-specific satiety, and the habit cues built into modern food — the same forces behind sugar cravings and junk food cravings. Smart Food Pairings to Curb Cravings Naturally CraveShift doesn't just help you spot problem foods — it offers practical, science-backed Smart Pairings to stabilise blood sugar, boost satiety, and reduce cravings naturally. Craving pizza? Pair it with pumpkin seeds to balance the meal and prevent overeating. Facing sugar cravings? A handful of chia seeds can keep you full longer and smooth out your energy. Every pairing comes with clear, peer-reviewed science, helping you eat well without restrictive dieting or calorie counting. Track Your Progress and Build Lasting Habits CraveShift includes visual tools like the Craving Choices Graph and Craving Time Patterns so you can see your relationship with food improve over time and build habits that actually last. Built by PhD Food Researchers, Privacy-First CraveShift is created by PhD researchers at University College Cork specialising in food cravings, behavioural neuroscience, and appetite regulation. Every feature is grounded in peer-reviewed research on how ultra-processed food is built to hijack brain function and promote overeating. Unlike other diet and food apps, CraveShift is privacy-first — no email required, no data selling, and zero corporate food-industry funding, so your personal data is never compromised. Download CraveShift — the science-backed food cravings app that helps you understand why overeating happens, quit junk food on your terms, and break free from the cycle of guilt — without restrictive dieting, calorie counting, or macros. For support: https://craveshiftsupport.netlify.app/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/aritrasinha26/craveshift_legal/blob/main/Privacy%20Policy Terms of Service: https://github.com/aritrasinha26/craveshift_legal/blob/main/Terms%20of%20Service