Identification of metabolic biomarkers for personalized nutrition

摘要

Now more than ever, we have begun to appreciate the roles of individual physical and genetic variation in health and medicine. A great deal of research attention has recently been devoted toward personalized medicine, in which technologies like medical genetics are used to determine information such as how a patient is likely to respond to a treatment or the optimal dose of a drug. While drug therapy will undoubtedly advance as a result of this new focus, it is critical that we not overlook the importance of personalized nutrition in disease management and health promotion. Indeed, personalized nutrition may be even more critical than personalized medicine given that dietary intake is a fundamental part of everyday life that affects our health.