Metabolic stress biomarkers could help us choose the best diets for us

One of the difficulties regarding the science of nutrition and highlighting a diet that would work well for everyone is that each of us is slightly different.
Research has found interesting responses in the body at the molecular level that indicate these differences, and represents a potential step forward in dieting treatment.
Dr Janice Drew led a study at Aberdeen University’s Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, it has been reported. She and her team found that the body shows certain metabolic stress indicators when eating food.
According to Dr. Drew, mild metabolic stresses in our bodies are nothing to be alarmed about and occur naturally, and our systems quickly resolved them.
“But what we discovered,” she said, “is that some people exhibit atypical metabolic stress responses and, at a molecular, level, this may suggest slight deviations from the healthy norm.
“This may cause health implications over time – particularly when food high in fat or sugar are regularly consumed.”
What this means in terms of diet is that it could become possible to identify which diets are wrong for our bodies. If we are struggling to lose weight on, for example, a low fat diet when our friends have lost a lot on the same diet, it could be down to these slight variations per person.
In this case, it could be that a low carbohydrate diet would be much more beneficial and effective for losing weight and increasing health, and these molecular biomarkers could help to identify that.
It is possible that those in need of improving their lifestyle in order to help combat diseases, such as prediabetes, and, eventually, maybe even all of us, could be using molecular tests in order to efficiently diet and improve our health.

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