Eating for your genes.
It might be time to scrap one-size-fits-all U.S. dietary guidelines dietary guidelines Cardiology A series of dietary recommendations from the Nutrition Committee of the Am Heart Assn, that promote cardiovascular health. See Caloric restriction, food pyramid, French paradox. . Research shows foods we eat interact directly with our genes. Since each person's genetic makeup is different, our diets should be too. For example, men with a family history of prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. could be advised to consume more soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been products, since a compound in soy increases activity of the gene that helps the body kill cancerous cells. Dashes of the spice turmeric--commonly found in curry powder--could help people with a heightened risk for colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. or Alzheimer's disease because of its ability to suppress the gene that makes compounds linked to inflammation. While nutritional genomics is still in its earliest stages of research, don't be surprised if someday your doctor sits down with you to create a personalized food pyramid based on your unique genetic makeup.
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