One of the tools we can use, in combination with looking at factors that affect our microbiome and overall nutritional status, is our genetic response.
The human genome consists of around 25,000 genes and almost all can exist in different forms. These variations can impact not only the colour of our eyes and hair, but how we metabolise foods and nutrients.
The microbiome is the collective name for the trillions of bacteria that live in our gut and have a significant effect on our health and digestion. Aside from advances in nutrigenomics, the microbiome is probably the hottest topic in nutrition right now. The race is on to understand how best to manipulate our bacterial friends into enhancing our health in a multitude of ways from our immune response and our mood to our metabolism.
As a Registered Nutritionist specialising in personalised nutrition, I can help you to ensure that your diet is microbiome friendly.
There are many factors that effect your ability to lose weight. Your food choices, your genes, hormones, your digestive health, your physical activity levels. By looking at your diet and your genetic profile, I can help you to understand your eating habits and find the best diet to allow you to meet and sustain your weight loss goals.
Studies show that DNA-based personalised diet advice can increase motivation and enhance compliance compared to population based recommendations. For example;
Emerging research tells us that our responses to foods are unique. Reducing diet related risk factors leading to ill health requires a personalised approach.
The first step is to look at your diet, which is why I will ask you to keep a food record for 4 or 5 days to assess nutrient intake.
Sometimes however, we may need to delve a little deeper, and there are various tools we can use to gain more insights into your individual metabolic responses. These include;
Please get in touch if you have any questions about diagnostic tests and when they may be necessary.
Your genetic code determines how your genes can influence weight management, body composition, cardiometabolic health, food intolerances, eating habits, fitness performance and even injury risk. Based on your results and together with your fitness professional, we can develop a nutrition and fitness plan to achieve optimal nutritional status and fitness levels. We will look at indicators for things like;
Certain types of diet have been associated with improved fertility, and there is little doubt that the nutritional status of both partners can impact on fertility when trying to conceive. When looking to support fertility there are many things that should be considered together, including;
Personalised nutrition and nutrigenomic testing provides the opportunity to identify factors that may influence fertility and may be supported or modified with nutrients and diet. There are many gene variants and dietary interventions that can be reviewed as part of fertility support and pre-conception care.