The term ‘Nutrigenomics’ first appeared in the scientific literature very early in the 21st century.
The success of the Human Genome Project (2003) and the powerful tools of molecular biology have ushered in a new era of medicine and nutrition.
Two decades later, clinicians utilising Nutrition Science can take their clinical practice to a new level, implementing more nuanced principles of cellular function gained through Nutrigenomics.
The Institute highlights the relationships between our genes, their polymorphisms and the food-derived molecules that can favourably influence their expression.
Is a question still being debated but the Institute holds that because consumers have already embraced elements of nutrigenomics, it behoves clinicians to become at least sufficiently familiar with the subject to be able to guide their patients towards appropriate solutions and to avoid the misinformation that abounds.
The potential for a personalized nutrition prescription
The term Nutritional Genomics includes Nutrigenomics, which explores the effects of nutrients on the genome, epigenome, proteome, transcriptome and metabolome and Nutrigenetics, the major goal of which is to elucidate the effect of genetic variation on the interaction between diet and disease.1
Nutrigenomic Medicine Employs the principles of Nutritional Genomics to better understand the mechanisms governing cellular homeostasis, subsequently selecting dietary options that are capable of appropriately influencing gene expression.
Nutrigenomic Medicine Employs the principles of Nutritional Genomics to better understand the mechanisms governing cellular homeostasis, subsequently selecting dietary options that are capable of appropriately influencing gene expression.
Meet our instructors to hear why each of them was so strongly drawn to the concepts of Nutrigenomic Medicine
Is a question still being debated but the Institute holds that because consumers have already embraced elements of nutrigenomics, it behoves clinicians to become at least sufficiently familiar with the subject to be able to guide their patients towards appropriate solutions and to avoid the misinformation that abounds.
Our courses have been developed with the clinician in mind and are presented in a novel format which presents the key principles underpinning the practice of this emerging science.
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