Nutrigenetics

Nutrigenetics is a science that studies the association between genes and each individual's response to food and nutrient intake. Information about each person's genetic predisposition is integrated into their overall context, namely their physical characteristics and history.

Through a thorough interpretation by the nutritionist, recommendations are drawn up that can greatly improve each person's health and quality of life.

Nutrigenetics took its first steps with the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. It has been gaining ground in clinics around the world. Through a non-invasive genetic test (collection of genetic material from the mouth area using a cotton swab), each patient's genes are assessed. The genetic information provides in-depth information about each person's body, about what their nutrition should be, about behaviors that interfere with weight management (ease of gaining or losing weight), protein metabolism, fats, response to caffeine, intolerance to gluten, lactose, propensity to insulin resistance (a predictor of pre-diabetes and diabetes), non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis (fatty liver), vitamin metabolism (including Vitamin B12, D, A, E), among many other parameters.

The genetic test analyzes DNA in order to assess 102 genetic variants in 75 genes that have an important influence on a person's life on a daily basis.