New Research Promises Personalized Dietary Guidelines

Here is an interesting article from ScienceDailyhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

Better diets for fighting diabetes, obesity and heart disease may soon be only a finger-prick away. By analyzing the unique metabolic changes in an individual's body, researchers hope to develop more personalized dietary guidelines for improving health, according to an article scheduled for the Dec. 10 issue of Chemical & Engineering News.

For example, a routine blood test that measures hundreds of compounds or more could detect shifts in a person's metabolic balance to predict future health problems. Physicians then could develop a customized diet designed to work with that patient's metabolism, while follow-up blood tests could allow caregivers to track improvements in a person's health status, the article notes.