MedCity News November 9, 2023
The Heali app, which launched Thursday, offers personalized nutrition plans for more than 200 chronic conditions, including diabetes, allergies, autoimmune issues and gastrointestinal issues. Users can also access nutrition studies that explain the benefits of certain foods, as well as recipes that fit their diet.
Kyle Dardashti tried numerous options — including pharmaceutical drugs — to treat his Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation in the digestive tract. But none of these options worked — until his doctor recommended the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, a diet that can treat Crohn’s disease. The experience later led him to help create Los Angeles-based Heali, a food as medicine startup focused on combating chronic diseases that launched Thursday with $3 million in seed funding.
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