Nutrigenomics

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This paper first defines nutrigenomics and then goes on to explain the basic tenet of nutrigenomics, looks at its historical roots, and discuss some of the weaknesses, as well as the promises of this field of study.

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"Nutrigenomics is an important field of study. It finds its roots in modern times, because of the direct relation to advances in science and technology. Nutrigenomics also straddles the nature versus nurture divide. The publication of the relatively preliminary results of the Human Genome has given greater impetus to the idea of Nutrigenomics. One might assuredly say that the publication of the Human Genome is preliminary because the current versions of the genome are merely representatives of a very select group of individuals. (Lander et al., 2001; Venter et al., 2001) What makes individuals unique of course is the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs. It is these SNPs that give each of us our individuality. Hence each individual's genome is his or her genotype. A genotype is an individual's genome, the genetic coding that identifies the character traits that govern existence. In the context of Nutrigenomics, a genotype is the identification of genetic makeup that codes a person's proclivities to diseases and how this code re-expresses with the environment, specifically the diet. Directly related to a person's genotype is how this encoded information translates into how a person lives."

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