Nutrigenomics: A New Approach To Personalized Nutrition
Published on
July 1, 2008
Abstract
The age of personalized nutrition has arrived. Information from the Human Genome and HapMap projects has opened up the promising new field of Nutrigenomics. This interface of genomics and nutrition can promote health or promote disease. About 3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been deposited in public databases. From this information genetic tests have been developed for certain SNP’s that can determine disease risk. We now have the ability to predict which phenotypes are more affected by specific types of dietary factors than other phenotypes. Nutrigenomics is based on the following precepts: