The DNA Diet

Tuesday, 07 June 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Drink eight glasses of water a day. Avoid fatty foods. Eat lots of fruits and veggies. We all know the basics of maintaining a healthy diet. But what if there was a diet specifically tuned to your particular health needs? The Tennessean says within a few years scientists will able to take a simple cheek swab and formulate a diet based on your DNA, one that can potentially lower your risk for a host of diseases.

Nutrigenomics is the study of how food affects the way genes work and researchers hope it will become the cornerstone in a new era of prevention. Instead of telling people to simply eat more fruit, nutrigenomics indicates what fruits should be consumed to lower a person’s chance of having a heart attack, say, or a stroke. An example: a recent study found that women who ate vegetables in the broccoli family were 50 percent less likely to develop breast cancer.