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Introduction to the relationship between nutrition & human genetics

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Nutrigenomics Highlight Nutrigenomic is short for nutritional genomics. Nutrigenomic is an umbrella term comprising studies that look at the bidirectional interaction between nutrition and genetics, and how this then affects human’s health. The goal is to find out how food, nutrition, and diet affects human’s gene expression. Our gene expressions have a huge impact on …

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Introduction to free radicals & antioxidants

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Highlight Our body naturally produces free radicals during metabolic processes. Free radical – atoms with an unpaired electron. They are highly reactive and can damage our cells. Oxidative stress – a condition that occurs when there is an imbalance between the amount of free radicals and antioxidants in our body. Free radical attacks can occur …

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The gut-brain relationship – how is our gut connected to our brain

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Series: Gut Health Article no.: 2 Highlight The gut-brain axis (GBA) is defined as the complex bidirectional communication that happens between the brain and the intestine. This interaction occurs mainly through signaling of the microbiome in our guts to our nervous system and vice versa. The main nerve system that is connecting the gut to …

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