W11 - New Perspectives Flashcards
What is personalised nutrition?
An approach using info on ind characteristics to develop targeted nutritional advice, products or services.
What does personalised nutrition help do for the individual?
Helps them achieve a lasting dietary behaviour change that is beneficial for health.
What can personalised nutrition be applied in?
Dietary management of people w/ specific diseases or who need special nutritional support, i.e pregnant.
Development of more effective interventions for improving public health.
What is the goal of personalised nutrition?
To preserve or ⬆️ health using:
Genetic
Phenotypic
Medical
Nutritional
Information.
Nutrigenetics
Aspect of personalised nutrition studying the different phenotypic responses to a specific diet depending on the genotype of the ind.
What can come under phenotypic responses?
Weight
Bp
Plasma cholesterol
Glucose levels
Nutrigenomics
Characterisation of all gene products affected by nutrients + their metabolic consequences.
List some challenges of personalised nutrition
Limitation in the red. approaches
Need for computational infrastructure
Data standardisation + the req for training ind.
Cost
⬆️ of health inequalities
What are omega 3 and omega 6
Polyunsat FAs
What do Omega 3 and 6 do?
Help regulate antioxidant signalling pathways
Modulate inflammatory proccess
What can omega 3 and 6 prevent?
Some chronic diseases, cancer + can slow down the ageing process.
What have longitudinal prospective cohort studies demonstrated about the intake of Omega-6?
Moderate intake = ⬇️ risk of CVDs
== Most likely due to lower blood cholesterol conc.
Food sources for omega-3 and omega-6
Seeds
Nuts
Plant oils
Where are polyphenols found?
Apples
Berries
Cocoa
Tea
Coffee
What does a diet high in polyphenols help protect against?
CVD
Diabetes
