Figuring
out what to eat can be a daily frustration. Whether it's because you're trying
to find a middle ground between your heart, which is telling you to order the
greasy option on the menu, and your mind, which is telling you to settle for
the healthy option on the menu, knowing what to pick is a battle that may leave
you ordering both, hoping that one balances out
the other.
Our bodies are weird, and figuring out what kinds of food we
should be consuming isn't a one-size-fits-all decision. That's where one of the
biggest trends for 2018 comes into play: nutrigenomics.
The word,
which is a Frankenstein-like combination of the words nutrients and genomics,
is a study that's gaining rapid popularity for the way it could influence
individual weight loss and overall health.
"Nutrigenomics is the study of how specific foods and nutrients
impact our genes and our health," says Paul Salter, Bodybuilding.com
nutrition editor and the founder of Fit in Your
Dress. "This field, which is still very new and growing, looks
to learn how specific nutrients have different interactions in one person's
body versus another, to help inform one of what he or she may need to eat, or
avoid eating to improve their health across a variety of parameters."
Here's what you need to know about nutrigenomics.
