Nutrigenomics

Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics are the (Ying and Yang) of nutritional genomics. Nutrigenetics is seen as your “genetic hardware”, which is fixed in terms of how your body responds to your diet, vitamins, exercise, sleep, stress, and other lifestyle areas. 

Your genetic hardware will then be affected by nutrigenomics the “genetic software” and the interaction between our genotype, environment, and lifestyle choices, which can then affect the way your genes express and function through a process called methylation and epigenetics.

How can genetic analysis help you? 

Knowing that you will have variations in your DNA is the starting point. Genetic analysis can identify these tiny differences. For this information to be useful to you, it is also important to understand what you want to achieve in terms of your health, fitness, and lifestyle. Then we can interpret the options and actions you can take.

How can genetic profiling help with having a healthier diet?

Everyone absorbs and metabolises proteins, fats, and carbohydrates differently, so understanding how to balance food intake to match your metabolism will help to achieve your health or fitness goals such as losing fat or increasing lean muscle.

It can also help you understand your daily need for calories, how to manage weight loss and your risks of obesity and yo-yo dieting.

We all know that eating a balanced diet is important for our health. Still, each year, millions of people use weight loss products, slimming aids, plans, and diets that just can’t be maintained and have negative consequences towards health.

Understanding your genetics is the key to having a safe, sustainable diet that is tailored for your individual needs and how you respond to certain food groups.

Your unique genetic code can give you answers to important dietary and nutritional questions, such as:

• Are you extra sensitive to weight gain with simple carbohydrate intake?
• Should your fat intake be lowered, or even increased?
• How well do you use protein?
  • Will unsaturated fats decrease your fat mass, even if your calories increase.

Why is it important to understand vitamin and mineral deficiencies?

Our genes can affect the absorption of vitamins and minerals and other essential nutrients from the food which we choose to eat each day. Vitamins and minerals come in different forms, and our genes affect which “type” of the vitamin or mineral that we absorb better.

Your overall health will be significantly improved when you understand your risks for deficiencies in vitamins such as A, B12, Folate and D as well as minerals such as magnesium, calcium, and selenium etc.