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Eat Right For Your Genotype

How can we explain why two people following one particular diet program, whether it's low fat or low carb, have varying degrees of success? Well, a few of us have said for a while that one dietary approach doesn't fit all, and it seems that there is some substance to this. Preliminary research carried out by Interleukin Genetics and Stanford University suggests that we have a genetic predisposition to benefit from a particular type of diet. In my case, a low fat diet seems to work pretty well. For others, it's low carb. Instead of squabbling over who's found the Holy Grail of diet success, perhaps we should take a simple genetic test to figure out which kind of diet would reap the most benefit, not only in terms of weight loss but also in terms of clinical measures related to weight loss, such as blood lipid levels. The study, which focused on 141 overweight premenopausal women following four different diets, while small, is intriguing. Those who followed the right diet for their genotype lost 5.3 percent of their body weight compared to 2.3 percent in those who were eating the "wrong" diet for their type. The differences were even more marked in those following the lowest-carb and the lowest-fat varieties of the four diets: 6.8 percent weight loss in those eating the right diet for their genotype compared to 1.4 percent in those who were not. If further research bears this out, then paying $150 for a genetic test may seem a bargain compared to the expense of diet pills, meal replacements, or medications to treat weight-related health conditions. Source: "Genotype Patterns Predict Weight Loss Success: The Right Diet Does Matter." American Heart Association's Joint 50th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention / Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism Conference. March 2 - 5, 2010 San Francisco. Eat Right For Your Genotype originally appeared on About.com Low Fat Cooking on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 19:34:26.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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