AI Prompts for Claude for Health

I want to be honest about what health actually means to me rather than what I think I should want. Here is my honest picture: the areas of my health I genuinely care most about [LIST], the areas I care less about than I probably should [LIST], and the trade-offs I am realistically willing to make [DESCRIBE]. Help me develop a clear, honest statement of my actual health priorities that I can use to evaluate decisions and avoid guilt-driven goals that I will not sustain.

I am confused by conflicting health information and want to think through it clearly. The specific conflict I want to resolve is: [DESCRIBE: E.G. WHETHER TO DO FASTED CARDIO, WHETHER TO EAT BREAKFAST, WHETHER A SPECIFIC FOOD IS HARMFUL]. Here is what I have read or heard on each side: [DESCRIBE]. Help me evaluate the quality of the evidence on each side, identify which variables matter most for my specific situation, and arrive at a working position I can act on, even if the science is not fully settled.

I want to set health goals for the next 90 days that are ambitious enough to matter but honest enough to actually achieve. My current health situation: [DESCRIBE]. What I have attempted in the past and why it did not stick: [DESCRIBE]. My available time and energy: [DESCRIBE]. Help me set 2-3 specific health goals for 90 days, with clear success criteria, an honest assessment of what I am trading off, and a weekly action I can take for each goal that is small enough to do even in a difficult week.

I am considering [DESCRIBE THE APPROACH, DIET, OR PROGRAMME: E.G. INTERMITTENT FASTING, A SPECIFIC DIET, A SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL, A FITNESS PROGRAMME]. I want an honest evaluation, not a sales pitch and not reflexive scepticism. What does the evidence actually say about this approach? What type of person tends to benefit from it? What are the realistic downsides or failure modes? Does it seem like a good fit for my situation: [DESCRIBE YOUR GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS]?

I know what I should do for my health but I keep not doing it. The specific behaviour I am conflicted about is: [DESCRIBE]. Part of me wants to change because: [DESCRIBE]. Part of me resists because: [DESCRIBE]. Help me understand this conflict honestly rather than just giving me motivation. What is the resistance telling me? Is this a willpower problem, a values misalignment, a design problem, or something else? Help me decide whether to push through, redesign the approach, or accept the trade-off consciously.

I want to develop a personal nutrition framework rather than follow a named diet. My health goal is: [DESCRIBE]. My current eating patterns are: [DESCRIBE]. The aspects of nutrition I find most confusing or where I want clarity are: [LIST]. Help me build a simple, personal framework with 4-5 clear principles that I can apply to any eating situation. The framework should account for my specific goals and be robust enough to handle restaurants, social eating, and busy days without breaking down.

I want to understand the real trade-offs in how I currently eat, not just what I should add or remove. My current diet is: [DESCRIBE]. My health goals are: [DESCRIBE]. Walk me through the main ways my current eating pattern is likely helping and hurting those goals. For each trade-off, tell me how significant it is for someone with my goals specifically, and whether there is a small adjustment that preserves what I enjoy while reducing the cost.

I want to eat in a way that supports my goal of [DESCRIBE GOAL: E.G. LOSING FAT, BUILDING MUSCLE, IMPROVING ENERGY, MANAGING BLOOD SUGAR]. I have tried [DESCRIBE PAST APPROACHES] and they did not work long-term because [DESCRIBE]. My constraints are: [TIME, BUDGET, FOOD PREFERENCES, DIETARY RESTRICTIONS]. Design an eating approach that is realistic for my lifestyle, grounded in what actually works for my goal, and sustainable past the first month. Focus on principles and flexible rules rather than a rigid meal plan.

I have a specific nutrition question I want to think through carefully: [DESCRIBE THE QUESTION: E.G. HOW MUCH PROTEIN I ACTUALLY NEED, WHETHER CUTTING CARBS IS RIGHT FOR ME, HOW TO HANDLE EATING AROUND EXERCISE]. Walk me through the key factors that determine the answer, how they apply to my specific situation [DESCRIBE YOUR SITUATION], and what a reasonable, evidence-grounded position looks like. I want to understand the reasoning, not just the conclusion.

I eat well in controlled situations but my nutrition falls apart in [DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATIONS: E.G. WORK EVENTS, TRAVEL, EVENINGS, STRESS, DINING WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE]. For each situation I described, help me think through what is actually driving the breakdown. Is it environment, emotion, social pressure, lack of options, or something else? Then give me a specific strategy for each situation that is realistic and requires minimal willpower in the moment.

I struggle to stick to exercise routines. I want to find an approach that fits how I am wired rather than the approach I think I should follow. Here is what I know about myself: I [DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY, PREFERENCES, PAST EXERCISE HISTORY]. I tend to enjoy [TYPES OF MOVEMENT OR ACTIVITY]. I tend to find these types of exercise demotivating or unsustainable: [DESCRIBE]. Help me identify the exercise approach most likely to work for someone with my specific personality and history, and explain why it suits me better than the approaches I have struggled with.

I am trying to figure out how much exercise is the right amount for my situation. I currently [DESCRIBE YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL]. My health goal is: [DESCRIBE]. My overall stress and energy situation is: [DESCRIBE]. Help me think through the trade-off between doing more versus doing less. When does more exercise help and when does it become counterproductive given my current load? Help me find the right level for where I am right now, not where I want to be in 6 months.

I know I should exercise but I regularly go through periods where my motivation drops and I stop completely. My typical low motivation triggers are: [DESCRIBE: E.G. BUSY PERIODS, WINTER, STRESS, ILLNESS RECOVERY]. My goal is: [DESCRIBE]. Help me design a minimum viable movement plan for these low periods that is so simple I have no real reason to skip it, maintains my baseline fitness, and keeps the habit alive so I do not have to restart from zero each time motivation returns.

I have been [DESCRIBE YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE] for [TIMEFRAME]. Here is what has changed: [DESCRIBE RESULTS]. Here is what has not changed: [DESCRIBE]. My goal was: [DESCRIBE]. Help me honestly evaluate whether my current exercise approach is producing results or whether I am working hard without making real progress. What would a more effective approach for my goal look like, and what is the most important adjustment I could make without overhauling everything at once?

I want to shift from thinking about exercise as something I force myself to do and toward something that is just part of how I live. My history with exercise: [DESCRIBE]. The types of movement I have genuinely enjoyed at some point in my life: [LIST]. My current lifestyle: [DESCRIBE]. Help me think about what a sustainable, long-term relationship with movement looks like for someone with my history and preferences. What would I be doing 5 years from now if I got this right? Work back from that to what I should be building now.

I want to understand how stress is affecting my health specifically. My current stress level is: [DESCRIBE]. The main sources of stress in my life are: [LIST]. The physical symptoms I notice when stressed: [LIST]. The health behaviours that change when I am stressed: [DESCRIBE: E.G. SLEEP, EATING, EXERCISE, ALCOHOL]. Help me map the chain from my stress sources to the physical health impacts. Then help me identify the one or two highest-leverage points in that chain where an intervention would have the most impact.

I want to manage stress more effectively but most standard advice does not fit my life. The stress management approaches I have tried that did not work: [LIST AND WHY THEY FAILED]. My constraints: [DESCRIBE TIME, ENERGY, LIFESTYLE]. My most stressful situations are: [DESCRIBE]. Help me design a stress management approach that is realistic for my specific constraints, targets my actual stress patterns rather than stress in general, and does not require more energy than I have when I am already stressed.

I am trying to change a health behaviour that feels more emotionally charged than just a habit issue. The behaviour is: [DESCRIBE: E.G. DRINKING, OVEREATING, NOT EXERCISING DESPITE WANTING TO, STAYING UP TOO LATE]. I have tried to change it and it keeps returning. I think the deeper issue might be: [YOUR BEST GUESS]. Help me think through what this behaviour is actually doing for me, what need it is meeting, and what a realistic path to changing it looks like given that history. Be honest, not just supportive.

I have had a setback that affected my health, either physical [E.G. ILLNESS, INJURY] or something that disrupted my routines [E.G. MAJOR LIFE CHANGE, BURNOUT]. Here is what happened: [DESCRIBE]. Here is where I am now: [DESCRIBE CURRENT HEALTH AND ROUTINE STATUS]. Help me design a realistic recovery plan that rebuilds my health gradually rather than trying to return to my previous level immediately. Include a realistic timeline, a starting point that accounts for where I actually am, and a way to track whether I am recovering at a reasonable pace.

I want to think about my relationship with health and my body over the long term rather than in terms of short-term goals. Here is my honest history with health: [DESCRIBE YOUR JOURNEY, PATTERNS, WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HASN'T]. The narrative I carry about my health: [DESCRIBE: E.G. I AM ALWAYS STARTING OVER, I HAVE NO WILLPOWER, I AM NOT AN EXERCISE PERSON]. Help me examine this narrative, identify where it is helping or hurting me, and develop a more useful, honest story about my relationship with my health that I can actually build on.