Nutri News September 2022
The theme for September is Back to School!!! Articles include nutrigenetics and if a nutrient dense breakfast improves school performance. This issue also includes an easy lunch box recipe and shopping in season with figs. This month’s student spotlight is on our very own Georgina Brace and an interview with Professor Altice.
The theme for September is Back to School!!! Articles include nutrigenetics and if a nutrient dense breakfast improves school performance. This issue also includes an easy lunch box recipe and shopping in season with figs. This month’s student spotlight is on our very own Georgina Brace and an interview with Professor Altice.
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<strong>Nutri</strong>genetics<br />
and how it<br />
affects my life!<br />
By: Graciela Llanos<br />
Becerra, Daniela Guerrero<br />
Rodríguez & Fabiola<br />
Márquez Sandoval<br />
Have you ever wondered why the same diet doesn't work for all people? Why<br />
despite following a similar eating style, some people more susceptible to<br />
developing some diseases? Why do some people gain weight more easily than<br />
others? or why do some people find it harder to lose weight? Answers to these<br />
and other questions may be in our genes, and the study of nutrigenetics can<br />
help us to find them.<br />
<strong>Nutri</strong>genetics is the science that studies the genes-nutrient relationship;<br />
specifically, it explores how each person responds to nutrients according to<br />
their genetic profile. A genetic profile is the set of genes that each person<br />
possesses. A person has between 20,000 and 25,000 genes within DNA that are<br />
inherited from parents. More than 99% of genes are similar from one person to<br />
another, which means that less than 1% of these are different between people.<br />
These slight genetic variations make each person unique. In genes, we can find<br />
all characteristics that determine our physical appearance, our way of being,<br />
and how we respond to stimuli like food's nutrients.<br />
In this way, nutrigenetics helps us know if our genetic variations influence how<br />
we respond to nutrients in the diet, what our nutrient requirements are, and if<br />
we are predisposed to developing diseases of nutritional origin. The main<br />
objective of nutrigenetics is to achieve personalized nutrition, that is, to provide<br />
the amount and type of nutrient that each person needs.