Genetic testing to identify best diet regime
Written by HL on March 13, 2010 – 1:00 pm -
Stanford University researchers have recently reported that genetic testing can help people identify whether they will respond better to a low-fat OR a low-carb diet. In their study involving overweight/obese white American women, they have found that those with diets appropriate to their genetic predisposition loss substantially more weight than those who had their diets mismatched. This may also explain why people on the same diet regimes have shown noticeably varying degrees of success in the past.
More research is needed to find out whether this also applies to men and/or other racial groups. However, this is still exciting news for weight-watchers as they may soon be able to find out which diet works best for them. Moreover, they would no longer need to compromise themselves to food and beverages that are low in both fat and carbs.
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March 14th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Were the researchers or even the participants blinded as to whether they were on the “good” matched diet or the “bad” unmatched diet? Might really be expected to influence the results n’est pas?
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