Functional Nutrigenomics: What and Why?
What is Functional Nutrigenomics?
Nutrigenomics is a scientific discipline that reflects how your genes, nutritional status, and toxin exposure interact to affect your state of health. It explains why you may respond differently to certain foods or supplements than other people do, or why you may be more sensitive to certain toxins than others.
Functional genomics gives you information on genes that you can actually do something about.
Learning about your body's specific genetic blueprint can tell you whether you need more or less of a nutrient or antioxidant, or where you need to proactively support a metabolic pathway. Functional nutrigenomics can empower you to decrease your risks of developing diseases that you’re genetically predisposed to, while at the same time it can optimize physical and mental health. Nutrigenomics allows you to dial in diet, lifestyle, and supplement upgrades, saving you tons of time and money on ineffective or potentially harmful protocols (and keep from growing a larger 'supplement graveyard').
Through the indisputable information you glean from your genomic analysis, you will be able to understand how to develop the best dietary plan to support optimal genetic expression.
Why Nutrigenomics?
Nutrigenomics provides you with a clear blueprint on how to support or compensate for your genetic susceptibilities.
Inflammation is at the heart of all chronic illnesses and fertility challenges.
Inflammation is produced numerous ways by the body. Interpreting your genetics can help to identify what your inflammatory predispositions are and provide the blueprint for which antioxidants, nutrients, or interventions would work best for targeted support.
Toxins are a major contributor to inflammation, as they burden the liver and clog detoxification pathways. Genetic analysis can pinpoint where your detoxification pathways may be weak as well as how to precisely support efficient detox.
The body will also not be able to effectively detoxify if the cells do not produce enough energy. The body will also know that now is not a safe time to grow a baby if cellular energy is lacking. Genetic interpretation also enables you to look at how your body produces energy as well as which supplements and interventions will increase production.
