Nutrition expert Dr Nancy Fogg-Johnson has predicted that people will soon be using their DNA to decide what to put in their shopping basket. Fogg-Johnson believes that we are entering into the age of nutrigenomics – “a new nutritional paradigm–the genetic era of nutrition,” = where consumers use their genetic profile to determine a diet that will provide the most health benefits. She believes that nutrigenomics could be used to boost health and promote longevity from an early age by testing a child’s DNA and putting them on a tailor-made diet for optimum health. Individuals who carry a single gene mutation whereby they need a higher-than-average intake of folate-rich foods in order to protect themselves from heart disease, provide an example whereby nutrigenomics could help to save lives.
SOURCE/REFERENCE: Reported by www.reutershealth.com on the 28th August 2001
