Help & FAQ

Handle the week. Think less about food. Here’s how Bolus works and what to expect.

What Bolus is

For people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Bolus is a weekly food system. It does the heavy lifting for you, helps keep the right food in the house, and gives you proper meals that fit the week you’re actually having. Recipes are designed around ingredients chosen for slower digestion and steadier meals. Bolus shows you how meals performed against your CGM, so the picture of what works for you builds up over time, not insulin dosing advice.

Bolus works with FreeStyle Libre and Dexcom continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).

What you get

  • A full week planned out, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, so you’re not deciding meal by meal
  • A shopping list grouped how shops are laid out, using ingredients you can buy at your usual supermarket
  • A weekly rhythm: cook, swap when you need to, mark meals as you go, then review before the next week
  • Learning from how meals actually land: what you ate, what you skipped, and how each meal looked on your CGM, so weeks get better over time
  • Swaps when life gets in the way, with something faster or from what you already have, without unravelling the whole week

The weekly loop

Bolus handles the week so you can focus on eating. The longer you use it, the better it gets.

1. You get a week

Breakfasts, lunches and dinners, already decided. You skim it, mark anything you already know, eating out Thursday, swap Tuesday for something faster, and that’s the week set up. Takes a minute.

2. You shop and eat

Bolus turns your week into a shopping list, grouped how shops are laid out. During the week you cook what’s set, swap when tonight isn’t going to work, and mark each meal as you go: cooked, skipped, ate out.

3. You review the week

Two days before the week ends, Bolus shows you what you ate, what you skipped, and how each meal looked on your CGM. You confirm meal times so the data lines up. No grading, no scoring, just a look back.

4. The next week is shaped by the last one

At the review, Bolus builds your next week, favouring the meals you actually cooked, dropping the ones you didn’t, learning from the picture building up over time. Week by week, the plan gets more yours.

The food

Bolus recipes are built around vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish, eggs, meat and extra virgin olive oil. This isn’t “diabetic food” or a low-fat diet; it’s healthy cooking, built around ingredients chosen for steadier meals. You tell Bolus how you like to eat (more vegetarian, more fish, more meat, or a mix) and the week is built around that. Dinner portions can scale for other adults in the house, so you’re cooking one meal, not two, with ingredients from your supermarket and methods you can actually use in the time you have.

Learning from your weeks

Bolus looks at how meals actually play out: whether you ate them, whether you’d cook them again, how they fit your week. Your CGM adds another layer. Over time, those patterns shape what Bolus puts in front of you next. Each meal has its own post-meal picture over time; meals you enjoy and that sit well stay in, ones that don’t fade out. One check-in a week; the weekly review is where it comes together.

When life gets in the way

The plan is built so there’s always something workable. If tonight’s meal isn’t going to happen, swap it in a tap, for something you already have in that takes less time. The rest of the week holds.

Built for real life

Bolus isn’t a meal planner and it isn’t a tracker. It’s a weekly system for getting food handled. Minimal input: no macro logging, no photographing plates, no diary to fill in; once a week you tell Bolus how meals went and what you’d cook again. Alongside your care team: Bolus is a food system. It doesn’t dose insulin, count carbs, or replace your diabetes team. Your CGM data is used to show how meals have landed, not sold or shared with advertisers.

What happens after you sign up

After you join the pilot, setup is straightforward. Here is the flow.

1. We review your sign-up

We review your application and confirm next steps by email. If you are approved, you move to app access.

2. App access, based on your phone

Bolus is currently available on iPhone via TestFlight. If you use iPhone, we send a TestFlight invite. If you use Android, we add you to the notify list and contact you as soon as Android access opens.

3. iPhone setup with TestFlight

  • Install Apple TestFlight from the App Store on your iPhone.
  • Open the Bolus invite email on that same iPhone.
  • Tap the TestFlight link, accept the invite, and install Bolus.
  • Open Bolus, complete onboarding, and connect your CGM if prompted.
  • If your invite link expires or install fails, email pilot@bolus.app and we will resend access.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a cost? Can I stop anytime?
Bolus is in a private pilot: free to join, no obligations, a week at a time. You can stop whenever you like.
What do I actually get each week?
A planned week of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, a shopping list laid out for how you shop, and a rhythm of cook → mark → review. Bolus shows how meals looked on your Libre or Dexcom so patterns build over time; it does not give dosing advice.
Does Bolus replace my diabetes team?
No. Bolus doesn’t dose insulin, count carbs, or provide medical care. It’s a weekly food system that sits alongside your usual clinical support.
Who is Bolus for?
People living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who want the week handled with less mental load, using a CGM so Bolus can reflect how meals land for you.
How does Bolus use my CGM data?
To show how meals performed for you over time, so the plan can learn what you actually cook and what sits well. It isn’t used to change medications, and it isn’t sold or shared with advertisers.
Which CGMs are supported?
FreeStyle Libre and Dexcom, the same as on the home page.
Do you deliver food?
No. Bolus gives you a shopping list; you buy ingredients at your usual supermarket and check out with the store yourself.
What if I want my data deleted?
You can request deletion of your data; email pilot@bolus.app. See the Privacy Policy for full detail.
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