Culinary Genomics: A Personalized Nutrition Approach To Better Health
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Culinary Genomics: Use cutting-edge science to control your health (and genes!). How to prepare the right foods to reach your personal health goals
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Why my DNA Diet won’t work for you (and yours won’t work for me)
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Your DNA Diet is unique to you (and won’t work for me). Here’s why this is the case and where you can start on the pathway to nutrition for optimal health.
Read MoreYour Food Guide to What Helps The Immune System
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What helps your immune system? Here’s how what you eat can influence key genes for better health.
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Herbs and Spices: The Secret Weapon of Genomics
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Learn the health benefits and power of herbs and spices and why you should not eat a meal without them.
Read MoreDoes the food you eat create a traffic jam in your body?
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About ten years ago, one of my colleagues made a joke about the left-hand index finger being the most frequently used implement for eating food. He was referring to pulling up to a drive through, lowering the car window, placing an order and then consuming that food while driving. Mindless eating. Then there’s the competitive eating “industry.” Indeed, there is Major League Eating organization that promotes competitive eating.
Read MoreFOOD-GENE CHATTY FOOD: THE ESSENCE OF MAKING A BIOACTIVE RICH SALAD
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If you have been reading The Genomic Kitchen Notebook, you know I have been talking a lot about the power of bioactives and their ability to influence how your genes behave. Bioactives can initiate the process by which we turn genes on and off. But perhaps what you really want to know is: how can I get started right now? What can I do today to start a food-gene conversation on my own plate?
THE MEDITERRANEAN. OLD DIET. NEW THOUGHTS
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The Mediterranean Diet is often referred to as the “gold standard” of diets, touted by experts around the world as “the diet” to follow. Rich in vegetables and fruit, legumes and sometimes seafood, this eating style appears to hit all the nutrition targets anyone could need. Interestingly, the Mediterranean region spans three continents and 23 countries, where each country has its unique culture and culinary style. The foods of Southern Italy are not the same as Tunisia or Turkey, but the people are still eating the “Mediterranean Diet.” So how can the diet of a region with such food diversity be labeled the “healthiest?”
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