Summary
A new diet fad utilizes DNA to personalize diets based on genetics. Nutrigenomics, a biotech company, sells DNA kits to dieters for $300-$500. Dieters fill out questionnaires on eating habits and family history, then swab their mouth with cotton and mail their DNA and information to a lab. Technicians analyze 19 of the dieter's 20,000 genes and formulate a diet based on DNA findings, such as increasing red meat consumption or getting more folic acid. The National Cancer Institute says DNA dieting is premature, since scientists are barely unraveling DNA's secrets.
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One-size-fits-all diets could be a thing of the past.
A handful of biotech companies promises a high tech recipe for losing weight and eating better.
KTEN's Monika Sangani shows us how it works.
It's the newest weight loss plan...a customized diet based on your d-n-a.
The DNA diet claims to be based on your unique genetic blueprint.
Carolyn katzin, the dna diet creator, says "It's the most accurate, if in the sense that we're looking at somebody at the molecular level."
Carolyn Katzin, creator of the DNA diet, says the test can help find the exact foods to help you lose weight and lower your risk of getting sick.
Katzin, says, "I can determine from that whether somebody should increase the amount of folic acid lets say or B6 or B12, and so we would choose foods that are rich in those supplements."
DNA based diets are part of a brand new biotech industry called Nutrigenomics.
Inside the kit, a lifestyle questionnaire asks about eating habits and family history of disease and obesity.
Sterile cotton swabs are used inside each cheek to collect cells for the DNA sample.
A standard envelope is used to mail the samples back to a lab for testing.
About three weeks later you get a printed report with details about each of the 19 genes.
Katzin interprets the data and makes a customized meal plan.
Her suggestions range from taking more vitamins to eating more meat.
Motivation that could get some dieters back into a different type of smaller jeans.
The national cancer institute calls the
DNA testing kits premature, saying scientists are just beginning to unravel the secrets of human DNA.
Reporting on the Health Watch Monika Sangani KTEN News.
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