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Nutrigenomics hope to better match the diet to genes. Is it possible?
Dietary supplements – where are we going? Report from the conference
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New methods of losing weight are a very catchy and desirable topic. We are looking for information on how to lose weight quickly and, most importantly, effectively. The light in the tunnel is nutrigenomics, which studies, among others, to what extent our genes are related to body weight and physical abilities.
Genes, Sports, and Weight Loss
Physical activity is inextricably linked with slimming. We know it perfectly well. As shown in the latest Poles Weight Loss Report. Recently, when competition has reached the highest level in the world of sport, new areas are being sought to improve the results achieved by both professional and amateur athletes. It has been known for years in the professional training of athletes that apart from the training process, nutrition and supplementation of the athlete are very important factors. Individually selected diet and supplementation based on the foundations of modern knowledge about nutrition are now standard among athletes. They are highly aware that what we eat affects how we feel and how quickly we regenerate after exercise.
‘What food to one is poison to another’
These words of Lucretius best reflect the modern approach to personalized nutrition. The latest scientific achievements give even greater opportunities to personalize the diet in order to select the ingredients necessary for even more effective functioning of our body as accurately as possible. It is not possible for generally accepted dietary principles to be equally effective for all. The differences in how the various components of the diet are absorbed depend on our genes. Interactions between genes and dietary components are dealt with by a new and extremely dynamically developing field of science – nutrigenetics.
It is believed that in a dozen or so years, and in sport today, the awareness of genetic differences between individuals, even in the family circle, will result in personalizing the diet based on the genes possessed.
Among athletes, the study of genetic predisposition both to exercise and to absorb the basic components of the diet is more and more popular. One of the many examples is the team of cyclists from the CCC Polsat Polkowice group, and the world champion in bench press (320 kg), Michał Wilk. Many athletes, despite undergoing such tests, do not disclose information on this subject because of too fierce sports competition.
It is not only genes that determine excess weight!
If you think that only our genes determine whether we are slim or obese, whether we perform well in sports or not, then you are wrong. Well, our diet also affects our genes. For example, eating fast food can adversely affect our genes. In turn, compounds such as folic acid (green vegetables), genistein (soy), catechins (green tea) and choline (eggs) affect “beneficial changes” in our genes. The field of science that deals with this issue is nutrigenomics.
Genetic testing is not only carried out in the world of sport. In addition to athletes, genetic tests are also carried out by people known to us from the world of film or media, etc. Examples include the model Joanna Krupa, journalist Agnieszka Szulim, actress Anna Dereszowska, traveler and editor-in-chief of National Geographic Martyna Wojciechowska.
What awaits us?
Currently, there is more and more discussion about the decisive entry of genetic research into the life of the average person in terms of personalizing the diet. In the near future, on November 21, people interested in a new approach to nutrition will be able to listen and take part in a discussion on this topic during the XNUMXst international conference organized by the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. XNUMXst International Conference “Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics in the nutrition of active people”, of which.pl is the media patron http://www.awf.katowice.pl/uczelnia/nutrigenomika-i-nutrigenetyka-w-zywieniu-ludzi-aktywnych/tematyka-i-cel-konferencji
authors: dr Małgorzata Michalczyk – nutrition and supplementation advisor Department of Nutrition and Supplementation of the University of Physical Education Jerzy Kukuczka in Katowice
Dr. Sławomir Jagsz Department of Biochemistry of the University of Physical Education Jerzy Kukuczka in Katowice
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