Inter-individual differences in response to dietary intervention: integrating omics platforms towards personalised dietary recommendations

Inter-individual differences in response to dietary intervention: integrating omics platforms towards personalised dietary recommendations.

Technologic advances now make it possible to collect large amounts of genetic, epigenetic, metabolomic and gut microbiome data. These data have the potential to transform approaches towards nutrition counselling by allowing us to recognise and embrace the metabolic, physiologic and genetic differences among individuals. The ultimate goal is to be able to integrate these multi-dimensional data s...

Sex differences in response to dietary carbohydrates.

Until recent times it was considered that the type of carbohydrate consumed did not influence the metabolism, as all carbohydrates were converted to glucose. This idea has now been dismissed and the question has arisen as to whether the metabolic response to a particular carbohydrate in the diet can be modified in any way by variables such as the sex of the consumer. Interest in the metabolic r...

Towards a healthy diet: from nutrition recommendations to dietary advice

The scientific knowledge regarding dietary fat, carbohydrate and protein, and food for the youngest and oldest people, was presented by key scientists in the field at a symposium arranged in Uppsala on 14 December 2006. The quality of fat and carbohydrates, rather than the total amount, was emphasized. It was more difficult, however, to reach conclusions about the preferred type of dietary prot...

Racial differences in calcium retention in response to dietary salt.

Response to Tinanoff and Palmer: Dietary Determinants of Dental Caries and Dietary Recommendations for Preschool Children