Plan your Diet around your GENES?

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“Plan your Diet around your GENES?”

Without depth knowledge of genetics, people have been known to blame their body shapes and weight issues on their genes.  It’s not unusual to hear the excuse, “I can’t loose weight or I can’t put on weight because of my family, metabolism, etc.”  GenoVive is the first diet designed to tailor to each individual’s genome. This personalized diet system involves customized meal plans, weekly food, and exercise routines. Does GenoVive sound too good to be true? Thinking critically, what are some flaws in this diet’s design? What are your thoughts on how the diet would actually be designed?

Do you think it’s the “real deal” in lowering obesity trends in today’s society? If so, how will it be sustained?

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/genovive-launches-a-revolutionary-genetic-solution-to-weight-management---the-first-dna-diet-to-offer-a-full-meal-program-127966118.html

watch the video here!: http://www.genovive.com/

Genes & Diet

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Using genetics to tailor your diet to prevent disease seems to be a good way to address lifestyle changes, for example for those who have a genetic predisposition to diabetes.  Do you think that with new technology, people are now approaching health from a genetic perspective solely and not from an empirical or observational perspective? In other words, are we now becoming too reliant on genetics to dictate to us what we should eat on a daily basis? If our bodies need a multitude of nutritional supplements, wouldn't it seem obvious that maybe we should diversify our food? For many Americans, this can be difficult. What factors contribute to the lack of diversity of food in meals in the US? And how about in other countries? According to the causal mechanism model, several component causes work in combination to cause disease. In the article, Farooq Ahmed says, "Teasing out the relationship between food and disease is a tricky task, one that involves tens of thousands of people and encompasses hundreds of nutritional and genetic factors." How do you assess the strength of the role of genetics and nutrition on disease? 


click on the news link: 
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7327_supp/pdf/468S10a.pdf