A few years ago, when the nutrition revolution had not yet taken off, patients who went to see a dietician-nutritionist had the sole objective of losing weight. The role played by this health professional was to guide a diet, almost always restrictive, to go hungry and lose those extra kilos that bother so much.

A paradigm shift

This was the opinion that the population had of nutrition in general and of the dietician-nutritionist in particular. However, this approach has undergone a radical change in recent years, where nutrition and a “healthy” lifestyle are on everyone’s lips. And in large part, this change is due to the power of social networks, which have helped and continue to help raise awareness among the population of the importance of nutrition in achieving good health.

Nutrigenomics is the science that defines the relationship between diet and our genetically determined response (and predisposition) to it. We know, for example, that our genes influence food preferences and tolerances. In addition to this, we are now also beginning to understand how components of nutrition influence the expression of genes that modulate our physiological response to the foods we eat. Many foods are now identified as having direct health benefits in addition to their nutritional value.

Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food. But eating when you are sick feeds the disease.

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