DIET AND METABOLISM

It is hard to believe it, but it’s true, if you choose foods that are appropriate to your genetic makeup then the susceptibility of getting disease may decrease and in turn the ability to perform will increase at your optimal genetic potential.
Days will soon go where a diet is based on ones body metabolism. Days will come where a diet is provided according to ones genetic makeup and dietary lifestyle. The main concept is to replace the foods that have negative effects on the body to the healthy ones like saturated fats and trans fats replaced with healthy fats that promote cholesterol breakdown. (For example eating oats or whole cereals and pulses over fried chips, cheese or meat streak).
Nutrigenomics is the term used for the study of genes and nutritional requirements. The aim is to study the effect of a nutrient at a genetic level and prescribe diets according to ones genetic makeup. Basically like other fad diets, there is no such diet called as a DNA diet, but one of the environmental factors that is food has influence on our genes. It is important to match a particular food according to an individual’s gene variation. Some food component like bioactive components may interact with certain type of genes. For example certain proteins may be completely digested by some genes; where else some genes may be unable to digest wheat proteins or other nutrients, in turn increasing the need of some nutrients in the body. Some genes may aggravate the inflammatory conditions in the body but this effect can be diluted by choosing the correct type of food in correct amounts.