Nutrition & Food Sciences

Nutrigenomics

Nutrigenomics is a whole system approach. Nutrigenomics examines relationships between what we eat and our risk and response to disease and the molecular mediators - genes and gene expression and biomarkers, such as hormones or metabolites - between them. Nutrigenomics also seeks to provide a molecular understanding of how common chemicals in the diet affect health by altering the expression of genes and the structure of an individual's genome. The premise underlying nutrigenomics is that the influence of diet on health depends on an individual's genetic makeup.