Nutrigenomics is a personalized nutrition approach that supports your health according to your own unique genetic profile and variations or SNPs.
Your genetic profile is another piece of important information that I can use to understand how to best support your health through specific foods and supplements.
“As genetic science moves forward with lightning-fast speed, researchers have begun to understand that while certain individuals have genetic predispositions to developing certain diseases, the diseases may not actually occur.
Why do some genetically-predisposed people get sick, while others do not?
In many cases, some component of diet triggers, enhances, or suppresses certain gene interactions.
Some dietary factors lead to increased protection from disease in susceptible individuals, while other dietary factors lead to increased risk of disease.
Nutrigenomics concentrates on the impact of diet and lifestyle factors, such as food, nutrition, stress, and toxins on gene expression.” — Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine
I offer nutrigenomics consultations by using data from 23andme or ancestry.com at-home test kits in conjunction with the PureGenomics program of nutritionally related genes.
The PureGenomics™ nutrigenomics program is a unique individualized nutritional solution developed by Pure Encapsulations, in collaboration with Nathan Morris, M.D. and Kelly Heim, Ph.D.
PureGenomics addresses the most important research-based SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) related to nutritional health, such as:
A PureGenomics consultation includes personalized recommendations for dietary changes and targeted nutrition supplements that can support SNPs that may be expressed.
Many things in your environment can trigger a SNP, such as the food you eat, infections, environmental toxins, stress, pregnancy, to name a few.
Nutrigenomics focuses on how foods and food constituents can affect the expression of your genes.
Nutrigenomics strategies include nutrition support to:
Methylation is foundational throughout your body – for neuroprotection, emotional wellness, cognition, detoxification, cellular protection, cardiovascular health, and more.
Methylation requires a variety of nutrients and plays indispensible roles in:
It is estimated by the Human Genome Project that there are about 20,000 protein coding genes, most of which we understand very little or nothing about.
With further development of science and research, the number of genes we can nutritionally support for enhanced health continues to grow.
Nutrigenomics is gaining mainstream attention too, as in the The Wall Street Journal article, “Test Your Genes to Find Your Best Diet.”
