Contents:
- Medical Video: I Tried A Diet And Fitness Plan Based On My DNA
- Research on trials of diets according to DNA
- Testing the diet according to DNA by testing in mice
- Then what are the results?
Medical Video: I Tried A Diet And Fitness Plan Based On My DNA
Do you feel that you have tried any diet, but it doesn't work? Have you been exercising too hard, but your weight doesn't go down? You may not be alone in this matter. Therefore, the researchers tried to find a dietary pattern according to each person's DNA. Hopefully, this new dietary pattern is more suitable for the genetic conditions of each person who is certainly different.
However, has this diet been proven to reduce weight? How far is the effect on health? Find out below, let's.
Research on trials of diets according to DNA
David Threadgill, Ph.D. from Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, as the author of a paper published in the journal Genetics, has conducted research on DNA-appropriate diets that can be tried.
David Threadgill and his team began observing this DNA diet based on the metabolic syndrome that each person has. According to David, there are currently many diet tips or methods that promise certain results quickly and are claimed to be suitable for everyone. In fact, the body and metabolism of people vary so that certain diet methods are not necessarily suitable and effective for people with certain metabolic conditions.
Metabolism itself is a chemical process in the body where the intake of nutrients from food or drinks is converted into an energy source for every cell in the body. With enough energy, the organs of the human body will be able to work according to their functions. However, the process of the occurrence of metabolism is not exactly the same in every person's body.
Testing the diet according to DNA by testing in mice
To test their hypothesis, the researchers from Texas used a number of mice that had four different types of genetic chains (DNA). These mice are made of different types of diets.
This DNA-based diet is designed so that it is almost equivalent to a common diet menu. Among these are western foods that are mostly American menus, Mediterranean food, Japanese food, and Maasai diet foods (eastern Africa) or similar to ketogenic diet.
If you want to be explained more deeply, the American diet is a food that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates. The Mediterranean diet further highlights foods high in fiber, including red grape extract. While Japanese food consists of green tea extract and rice. Finally, the ketogenic food diet is a food that is high in fat and protein, but only very few carbohydrates.
Barrington, one of the researchers from the study, tried to combine the fiber and bioactive compounds that were considered important in this trial.
Not to forget too, the research team monitored cardiometabolic health of mice, measured blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol levels, and see signs of fatty liver. The level of physical activity of the mice was also monitored. Likewise with rat appetite and food intake.
Then what are the results?
The results of this study indicate that 3 out of 4 diets according to this DNA work well for most mice. However, mice with a fourth genetic chain do not respond well to the Japanese diet.
Mice with two types of genetic chains responded to the ketogenic diet very well, while mice with two other types of genetic chains were not suitable to undergo the kegotenic diet.
According to Barrington, "One becomes obese and experiences cholesterol increases and fatty liver. The other one becomes more limp and tends not to be physically active, even though his body is still lean. "
Barrington also explained that this is the same as what is called "thin but fatty" in humans. Where a person looks to have a healthy weight but actually has a high percentage of body fat.
The researcher hopes that with this initial research, new knowledge will emerge related to different dietary patterns that can be applied in each person as well. Food, diet, or exercise carried out will also be adjusted according to each genetic.
