[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":544},["ShallowReactive",2],{"wiki-nutrigenomics":3},{"wiki":4,"featuredArticle":150,"featured":297,"ebooks":448},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"template":26,"yst_prominent_words":27,"class_list":43,"better_featured_image":49,"acf":87,"yoast_meta":113,"_links":116},33617,"2021-03-21T18:38:41","2021-03-21T17:38:41",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_type=wiki&p=33617","2021-04-13T10:55:58","2021-04-13T08:55:58","nutrigenomics","publish","wiki","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwiki\u002Fnutrigenomics\u002F",{"rendered":17},"Nutrigenomics",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Technological innovations aim to help us track what’s in our food, what we should eat based on our genetic background or support the process of bringing those delicious bites from the bowl into our mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For some, eating is the most natural process on Earth. You are hungry, you get some nice food and some company, you sit down and have the meal making you happy and full. These people do not know how lucky they are. Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.9 million children under age 18. That’s 1 in 13 children or roughly two in every classroom. According to some estimations, 1-5 percent of the whole population of the EU has a type of food allergy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nutrigenomics and the future of food explained\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Future of Food and Eating \u002F Episode 25 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FjWBV66Xa754?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics is a brand-new cross-field combining genetics and nutrition science. The basic idea behind nutrigenomics is that our genome reveals valuable information about our organism’s needs. We should map out this data and utilize in order to lead a long and healthy life. After having your DNA sequenced (perhaps already at home), a smart app could let you know which food you should eat and what you should avoid at all cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although it is not easy to measure it, some analysts say that there could be as many as 70 million people worldwide affected by various eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, or binge eating disorder. There are also concerning numbers when we look at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fgenomics\u002Fen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO\u003C\u002Fa> statistics concerning obesity. According to the UN organization, in 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight; of these over 600 million were obese. Moreover, worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And yet, we still have no idea, what we eat. Not do we know what we \u003Cem>should\u003C\u002Fem> eat. Given our increased reliance on prepackaged food over fresh ones, and, especially so, given the life-threatening complications of food allergies, all these issues need to be addressed. Although digital devices, food trackers, calorie counters, etc. cannot offer alone long-term, comprehensive solutions, they could support eating healthily and reduce the harm we do through food to our bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Innovation and technology will help us be more conscious of our food consumption. The latest technologies can help us better understand what we eat, how we should eat, and even stretch the boundaries of the food industry. Let’s take a closer look at how technology will shape the future of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Technological innovations aim to help us track what’s in our food, what we should eat based on our genetic background or support the process of […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,14348,"closed","",[28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42],5963,2413,5421,5415,5445,1721,5423,5625,1587,4103,3237,1583,4095,1719,3817,[44,14,45,46,47,48],"post-33617","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry",{"id":24,"alt_text":17,"caption":26,"description":26,"media_type":50,"media_details":51,"post":85,"source_url":86},"image",{"width":52,"height":53,"file":54,"sizes":55,"image_meta":82},870,431,"2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg",{"medium":56,"large":62,"thumbnail":67,"medium_large":71,"large_old_512x254":72,"medium_old_458x227":77},{"file":57,"width":58,"height":59,"mime-type":60,"source_url":61},"nutrigenomics-370x208.jpg",370,208,"image\u002Fjpeg","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics-370x208.jpg",{"file":63,"width":64,"height":65,"mime-type":60,"source_url":66},"nutrigenomics-768x380.jpg",768,380,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics-768x380.jpg",{"file":68,"width":69,"height":69,"mime-type":60,"source_url":70},"nutrigenomics-150x150.jpg",150,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics-150x150.jpg",{"file":63,"width":64,"height":65,"mime-type":60,"source_url":66},{"file":73,"width":74,"height":75,"mime-type":60,"source_url":76},"nutrigenomics-512x254.jpg",512,254,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics-512x254.jpg",{"file":78,"width":79,"height":80,"mime-type":60,"source_url":81},"nutrigenomics-458x227.jpg",458,227,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics-458x227.jpg",{"aperture":83,"credit":26,"camera":26,"caption":26,"created_timestamp":83,"copyright":26,"focal_length":83,"iso":83,"shutter_speed":83,"title":26,"orientation":83,"keywords":84},"0",[],14342,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg",{"sub_title":88,"lead":89,"featured_article":90,"featured_article_title":104,"ebooks":105,"featured":107},"Nutritional Genomics Explained - A way towards the future of food and eating","\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics is a brand-new cross-field combining genetics and nutrition science. The basic idea behind nutrigenomics is that our genome reveals valuable information about our organism’s needs. We should map out this data and utilize it in order to lead a long and healthy life. After having your DNA sequenced (perhaps already at home), a smart app could let you know which food you should eat and what you should avoid at all costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As we are all genetically different, our diet should be personalized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learn more about nutrigenomics from The Medical Futurist:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\u002F\">What is the future of food and eating\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-5-digital-innovations-for-food-tracking-and-healthy-eating\u002F\">Digital health innovations for healthy eati\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\">ng\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\">3D bioprinting in medicine and healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",{"ID":91,"post_author":92,"post_date":93,"post_date_gmt":94,"post_content":95,"post_title":96,"post_excerpt":97,"post_status":13,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"post_password":26,"post_name":12,"to_ping":26,"pinged":26,"post_modified":98,"post_modified_gmt":99,"post_content_filtered":26,"post_parent":100,"guid":101,"menu_order":100,"post_type":102,"post_mime_type":26,"comment_count":83,"filter":103},21392,"6","2018-08-07 10:35:40","2018-08-07 08:35:40","\u003C!-- wp:html -->\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:html -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics emerged lately in food science and dieting similarly to blockchain: it shows the way into the future, but sometimes seems to be hijacked by companies yearning for attention but not having the proper science to back up their products. As many people have no idea what nutrigenomics entails, not to speak about what it should, The Medical Futurist decided to show what nutrigenomics means, where the technology stands at the moment and what it could bring in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:more -->\n\u003C!--more-->\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:more -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Food shopping and eating out in 2068\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Mathilda had her full genome sequenced in school as part of the general health check-up. Her parents didn't only receive a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmydna-review\">pharmacogenomic\u003C\u002Fa> overview of how her body metabolizes drugs, but also a nutrigenomic report on what she should eat and what kind of food sorts are to avoid at all cost. When she turned 18, her parents handed over the access to the cloud storing her health data and told her that now she is responsible for choosing her own diet. When Mathilda went online for the first time to buy original Peruvian coffee beans as she finally wanted to try real coffee, she got a notification on her smartphone that her body cannot process caffeine effectively and she should reconsider her choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>At first, she thought that’s nonsense and bought the beans anyway. However, after the package arrived by drone delivery and the robotic assistant of the family, Maya, made the coffee for her in the afternoon, she couldn’t sleep until four in the morning. Next time, when the little bee-shaped dietary assistant on her smartphone appeared with some food advice, she accepted. She went to a restaurant with a friend, had two favorite meals on the menu and asked the smart algorithm which one would be more advisable to choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>That’s how we imagine nutrigenomics in action in the future shaping what, how and when we should eat. However, we are far far away from this scenario. Most people don’t know what, how and when to eat – and even if the majority learned the basics of dietetics, they might not get the right diet. As in the last couple of years, nutrigenomics started to batter at our door, that might change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"none\",\"id\":21396,\"className\":\"size-full wp-image-21396\"} -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21396\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fblog_nutrigenomics_final.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21396\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.pathway.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>The basics of nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>While the science of nutrigenomics appeared approximately 15 years ago, the idea that food affects people differently has been around for centuries. Roman poet and philosopher, Lucretius already said at around the first century B.C. that \u003Cem>what is food to one, is to others bitter poison\u003C\u002Fem>. However, we arrived recently at a stage where we can explain the reasons for this phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>It’s amazing that according to Interpretome.com individuals vary at the genetic level by about 1 in 1300 bases, so any 2 individuals share about 99.97 percent. So all the differences between people are to be found in the remaining 0.03 percent – which actually still means thousands and thousands of single nucleotide variants where all the difference is made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>In a nutshell, \u003Cstrong>genomics in general and nutrigenomics, in particular, look at your genetic map and try to explain your tendencies to react to your environment in your own unique way\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In the words of Neil Grimmer, Founder & CEO of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhabit.com\u002F\">Habit\u003C\u002Fa>, a California-based start-up focusing on personalizing meal plans based on genetic background, “\u003Cstrong>nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>looks at your genetic makeup and how it affects the way your body processes food\u003C\u002Fstrong>. It’s about how our unique biology interacts with the food we consume. This means that when thinking about nutrigenomics, we need to think about more than just our genes. We also need to think about how proteins and other metabolites respond to the foods we eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"none\",\"id\":21395,\"className\":\"size-full wp-image-21395\"} -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21395\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21395\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.pressedvibrance.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Nutrigenomics is the blockchain of food science\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>With the advancement of genetics and as the number of ventures offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing services is skyrocketing, there are more and more companies providing nutrigenomic assistance. However, while we believe the raison d’etre and the significance of the area is beyond doubt, in many cases, companies producing nutritional supplements hijack attention and\u002For point to shady science as the point of departure for their services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>As hundreds of ventures are trying to find their niche on the DTC genetic testing market with all available marketing means, and it is more and more difficult for customers to separate the wheat from the chaff. Moreover, as nutrigenomics sounds like an exciting new area – who would not be affected by food, eating or genetics? – its “buzzwordification” started to reach \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-companies-bringing-blockchain-to-healthcare\">blockchain\u003C\u002Fa> levels. What does that mean? As \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.reuters.com\u002Farticle\u002Fus-blockchain-companies\u002Fblockchain-name-grabbing-has-echoes-of-dotcom-bubble-idUSKBN1FS1F3\">Reuters explained in its analysis\u003C\u002Fa>, the average share price of companies who have jumped on the blockchain bandwagon and visualized the change at least in their name has risen more than threefold since their re-branding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Thus, \u003Cstrong>the constant flux of the nutrigenomic market, the tendency to overhype the technology and the scarcity of hard scientific evidence make it difficult to give a precise overview of the industry.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"none\",\"id\":21397,\"className\":\"size-full wp-image-21397\"} -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21397\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-1.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21397\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.beyondverbal.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>A California-based nutrigenomic guru: Habit\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Still, we gathered some information about existing companies. The Medical Futurist has the most direct knowledge about Habit – but unfortunately, we could not try their services as it is not possible to ship their genetic testing kit to Europe. So, if you live in the US, and want to ground your dieting in genomics, you can order a Habit test. Then you \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.popsci.com\u002Fpersonalized-nutrition-company-will-use-your-dna-to-tell-you-what-to-eat\">send back their required blood sample kit\u003C\u002Fa>, do their so-called “metabolic challenge” and provide a series of body metrics like height, weight, and waist circumference as well as lifestyle habits like how often a person walks, runs, or exercises. All of this analysis leads to a personalized meal plan of foods that work best for the user’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Grimmer told us, that “DNA alone is not enough to make substantial nutrition recommendations”. \u003Cstrong>Habit measures over 70 different biomarkers, which include nutrition-related blood markers, how these markers change in response to a proprietary metabolic challenge beverage, and genetic variations within your DNA\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Each Habit customer also provides several body metrics, including body weight, height, waist circumference, as well as their personal health goals, which are all combined to create a custom nutrition plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>To back up their operations with scientific evidence, Habit said they partnered with TNO, a leading European independent research organization, and they have a scientific advisory board and laboratory test pathway in conjunction with a third party CLIA-certified lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"none\",\"id\":21393,\"className\":\"size-full wp-image-21393\"} -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21393\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhabit_cover.jpeg\" alt=\"Nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21393\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.habit.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>A snapshot of the nutrigenomic palette\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>By all means, several more companies are offering similar services to that of Habit. Arivale uses a blood sample to analyze your genes and then pairs you with a nutritionist to explain the best eating plan for your body. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dnafit.com\u002F\">DNAFit\u003C\u002Fa> also analyses a person’s DNA and their genetic variations to give them a personalized workout and diet plan. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Flife-style\u002Fnutrigenomics-dna-fitness-diet-regime-dnafit-does-it-work-experts-genetic-gym-health-a7582966.html\">Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford\u003C\u002Fa> swears that DNAFit helped him to hone his exercise regime, and apparently, it is linked to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.23andme.com\u002Fen-int\u002F\">23andme\u003C\u002Fa> as well as \u003Ca href=\"ancestry.com\">Ancestry.com\u003C\u002Fa>, but we haven’t tested it so far. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nutrinohealth.com\u002F\">Nutrino\u003C\u002Fa>, an AI nutrition analysis platform, offers individuals the “FoodPrint Report”, a digital signature of how specific foods affect an individual’s body. It compiles users’ health information gathered through wearables and analyzes the food’s impact on health markers such as glucose levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Austin-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gxsciences.com\u002F\">GXsciences\u003C\u002Fa> apparently not only offers nutrigenomic, but also pharmacogenomic testing, and has various panels for potential genetic conditions. The Medical Futurist would generally be cautious with companies whose offers seem to be too good to be true – but we don’t have experience with Gxsciences either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmydietclinic.com\u002Fservices\u002Fnutrigenomix-testing\u002F#.W2BOGdIzZaQ\">Mydiet\u003C\u002Fa> exclusively offers nutrigenomic services, nevertheless, their website has \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmydietclinic.com\u002Fresearch-in-nutrigenomics-and-potential-applications-to-practice\u002F#.W2GlJNIzY2w\">only one link\u003C\u002Fa> to a research article, which reveals just too little about the company’s research background. However, we are always open to testing and finding out more about digital health as well as DTC genetic testing ventures, so send us materials or tests, and we’ll be more than happy to try them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"none\",\"id\":21401,\"className\":\"size-full wp-image-21401\"} -->\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21401\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21401\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.healthline.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:image -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, technology and new scientific findings have an impact on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\">food and eating\u003C\u002Fa>. In the future, we might get to know better what we eat and what and how we should eat. There might be pocket-sized sensors on the table to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-8-technologies-combating-food-allergy\u002F\">test food for gluten, peanut or any other allergens.\u003C\u002Fa> You might use \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-5-digital-innovations-for-food-tracking-and-healthy-eating\u002F\">dietary chatbots\u003C\u002Fa> to tell you what to choose from the menu. Smart forks or chopsticks might nudge you to eat more slowly or help you with lifting the cutlery while your hands are shaking. In the saturated market of new tools for eating, nutrigenomics might become another means to generate insights into how and what we should or shouldn’t eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C!-- \u002Fwp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:html -->\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you'd like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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As many people have no idea what nutrigenomics entails, not to speak about what it should, The Medical Futurist decided to show what nutrigenomics means, where the technology stands at the moment and what it could bring in the future.","2022-05-25 18:06:43","2022-05-25 16:06:43",0,"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","post","raw","More about Nutrigenomics",[106],24764,[91,108,109,110,111,85,112],13135,10805,16570,17540,21800,{"yoast_wpseo_title":114,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":115,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"What is Nutrigenomics? Nutritional Genomics Explained","What is Nutrigenomics? Nutrigenomics or Nutritional genomics is a brand-new cross-field in medicine combining genetics and nutrition science",{"self":117,"collection":123,"about":126,"author":129,"replies":133,"wp:featuredmedia":136,"wp:attachment":139,"wp:term":142,"curies":146},[118],{"href":119,"targetHints":120},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fwiki\u002F33617",{"allow":121},[122],"GET",[124],{"href":125},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fwiki",[127],{"href":128},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fwiki",[130],{"embeddable":131,"href":132},true,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[134],{"embeddable":131,"href":135},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=33617",[137],{"embeddable":131,"href":138},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F14348",[140],{"href":141},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=33617",[143],{"taxonomy":144,"embeddable":131,"href":145},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=33617",[147],{"name":148,"href":149,"templated":131},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",{"id":91,"date":151,"date_gmt":152,"guid":153,"modified":154,"modified_gmt":155,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":102,"link":156,"title":157,"content":158,"excerpt":160,"author":23,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":131,"template":26,"format":163,"meta":164,"categories":165,"tags":168,"project_category":185,"contact_email_category":186,"yst_prominent_words":187,"class_list":196,"better_featured_image":218,"acf":241,"yoast_meta":246,"_links":249},"2018-08-07T10:35:40","2018-08-07T08:35:40",{"rendered":101},"2022-05-25T18:06:43","2022-05-25T16:06:43","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnutrigenomics",{"rendered":96},{"rendered":159,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics emerged lately in food science and dieting similarly to blockchain: it shows the way into the future, but sometimes seems to be hijacked by companies yearning for attention but not having the proper science to back up their products. As many people have no idea what nutrigenomics entails, not to speak about what it should, The Medical Futurist decided to show what nutrigenomics means, where the technology stands at the moment and what it could bring in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Food shopping and eating out in 2068\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mathilda had her full genome sequenced in school as part of the general health check-up. Her parents didn’t only receive a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmydna-review\">pharmacogenomic\u003C\u002Fa> overview of how her body metabolizes drugs, but also a nutrigenomic report on what she should eat and what kind of food sorts are to avoid at all cost. When she turned 18, her parents handed over the access to the cloud storing her health data and told her that now she is responsible for choosing her own diet. When Mathilda went online for the first time to buy original Peruvian coffee beans as she finally wanted to try real coffee, she got a notification on her smartphone that her body cannot process caffeine effectively and she should reconsider her choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At first, she thought that’s nonsense and bought the beans anyway. However, after the package arrived by drone delivery and the robotic assistant of the family, Maya, made the coffee for her in the afternoon, she couldn’t sleep until four in the morning. Next time, when the little bee-shaped dietary assistant on her smartphone appeared with some food advice, she accepted. She went to a restaurant with a friend, had two favorite meals on the menu and asked the smart algorithm which one would be more advisable to choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s how we imagine nutrigenomics in action in the future shaping what, how and when we should eat. However, we are far far away from this scenario. Most people don’t know what, how and when to eat – and even if the majority learned the basics of dietetics, they might not get the right diet. As in the last couple of years, nutrigenomics started to batter at our door, that might change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21396\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fblog_nutrigenomics_final.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21396\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fblog_nutrigenomics_final.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fblog_nutrigenomics_final-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fblog_nutrigenomics_final-512x180.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.pathway.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The basics of nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the science of nutrigenomics appeared approximately 15 years ago, the idea that food affects people differently has been around for centuries. Roman poet and philosopher, Lucretius already said at around the first century B.C. that \u003Cem>what is food to one, is to others bitter poison\u003C\u002Fem>. However, we arrived recently at a stage where we can explain the reasons for this phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s amazing that according to Interpretome.com individuals vary at the genetic level by about 1 in 1300 bases, so any 2 individuals share about 99.97 percent. So all the differences between people are to be found in the remaining 0.03 percent – which actually still means thousands and thousands of single nucleotide variants where all the difference is made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a nutshell, \u003Cstrong>genomics in general and nutrigenomics, in particular, look at your genetic map and try to explain your tendencies to react to your environment in your own unique way\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In the words of Neil Grimmer, Founder & CEO of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhabit.com\u002F\">Habit\u003C\u002Fa>, a California-based start-up focusing on personalizing meal plans based on genetic background, “\u003Cstrong>nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>looks at your genetic makeup and how it affects the way your body processes food\u003C\u002Fstrong>. It’s about how our unique biology interacts with the food we consume. This means that when thinking about nutrigenomics, we need to think about more than just our genes. We also need to think about how proteins and other metabolites respond to the foods we eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21395\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21395\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-512x247.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.pressedvibrance.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Nutrigenomics is the blockchain of food science\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the advancement of genetics and as the number of ventures offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing services is skyrocketing, there are more and more companies providing nutrigenomic assistance. However, while we believe the raison d’etre and the significance of the area is beyond doubt, in many cases, companies producing nutritional supplements hijack attention and\u002For point to shady science as the point of departure for their services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As hundreds of ventures are trying to find their niche on the DTC genetic testing market with all available marketing means, and it is more and more difficult for customers to separate the wheat from the chaff. Moreover, as nutrigenomics sounds like an exciting new area – who would not be affected by food, eating or genetics? – its “buzzwordification” started to reach \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-companies-bringing-blockchain-to-healthcare\">blockchain\u003C\u002Fa> levels. What does that mean? As \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.reuters.com\u002Farticle\u002Fus-blockchain-companies\u002Fblockchain-name-grabbing-has-echoes-of-dotcom-bubble-idUSKBN1FS1F3\">Reuters explained in its analysis\u003C\u002Fa>, the average share price of companies who have jumped on the blockchain bandwagon and visualized the change at least in their name has risen more than threefold since their re-branding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus, \u003Cstrong>the constant flux of the nutrigenomic market, the tendency to overhype the technology and the scarcity of hard scientific evidence make it difficult to give a precise overview of the industry.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21397\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-1.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21397\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-1-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-1-512x329.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.beyondverbal.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A California-based nutrigenomic guru: Habit\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, we gathered some information about existing companies. The Medical Futurist has the most direct knowledge about Habit – but unfortunately, we could not try their services as it is not possible to ship their genetic testing kit to Europe. So, if you live in the US, and want to ground your dieting in genomics, you can order a Habit test. Then you \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.popsci.com\u002Fpersonalized-nutrition-company-will-use-your-dna-to-tell-you-what-to-eat\">send back their required blood sample kit\u003C\u002Fa>, do their so-called “metabolic challenge” and provide a series of body metrics like height, weight, and waist circumference as well as lifestyle habits like how often a person walks, runs, or exercises. All of this analysis leads to a personalized meal plan of foods that work best for the user’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Grimmer told us, that “DNA alone is not enough to make substantial nutrition recommendations”. \u003Cstrong>Habit measures over 70 different biomarkers, which include nutrition-related blood markers, how these markers change in response to a proprietary metabolic challenge beverage, and genetic variations within your DNA\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Each Habit customer also provides several body metrics, including body weight, height, waist circumference, as well as their personal health goals, which are all combined to create a custom nutrition plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To back up their operations with scientific evidence, Habit said they partnered with TNO, a leading European independent research organization, and they have a scientific advisory board and laboratory test pathway in conjunction with a third party CLIA-certified lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21393\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhabit_cover.jpeg\" alt=\"Nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21393\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhabit_cover.jpeg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhabit_cover-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhabit_cover-512x332.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.habit.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A snapshot of the nutrigenomic palette\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By all means, several more companies are offering similar services to that of Habit. Arivale uses a blood sample to analyze your genes and then pairs you with a nutritionist to explain the best eating plan for your body. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dnafit.com\u002F\">DNAFit\u003C\u002Fa> also analyses a person’s DNA and their genetic variations to give them a personalized workout and diet plan. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Flife-style\u002Fnutrigenomics-dna-fitness-diet-regime-dnafit-does-it-work-experts-genetic-gym-health-a7582966.html\">Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford\u003C\u002Fa> swears that DNAFit helped him to hone his exercise regime, and apparently, it is linked to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.23andme.com\u002Fen-int\u002F\">23andme\u003C\u002Fa> as well as \u003Ca href=\"ancestry.com\">Ancestry.com\u003C\u002Fa>, but we haven’t tested it so far. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nutrinohealth.com\u002F\">Nutrino\u003C\u002Fa>, an AI nutrition analysis platform, offers individuals the “FoodPrint Report”, a digital signature of how specific foods affect an individual’s body. It compiles users’ health information gathered through wearables and analyzes the food’s impact on health markers such as glucose levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Austin-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gxsciences.com\u002F\">GXsciences\u003C\u002Fa> apparently not only offers nutrigenomic, but also pharmacogenomic testing, and has various panels for potential genetic conditions. The Medical Futurist would generally be cautious with companies whose offers seem to be too good to be true – but we don’t have experience with Gxsciences either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmydietclinic.com\u002Fservices\u002Fnutrigenomix-testing\u002F#.W2BOGdIzZaQ\">Mydiet\u003C\u002Fa> exclusively offers nutrigenomic services, nevertheless, their website has \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmydietclinic.com\u002Fresearch-in-nutrigenomics-and-potential-applications-to-practice\u002F#.W2GlJNIzY2w\">only one link\u003C\u002Fa> to a research article, which reveals just too little about the company’s research background. However, we are always open to testing and finding out more about digital health as well as DTC genetic testing ventures, so send us materials or tests, and we’ll be more than happy to try them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21401\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2.jpg\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-21401\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fnutrigenomics-2-512x288.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.healthline.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, technology and new scientific findings have an impact on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\">food and eating\u003C\u002Fa>. In the future, we might get to know better what we eat and what and how we should eat. There might be pocket-sized sensors on the table to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-8-technologies-combating-food-allergy\u002F\">test food for gluten, peanut or any other allergens.\u003C\u002Fa> You might use \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-5-digital-innovations-for-food-tracking-and-healthy-eating\u002F\">dietary chatbots\u003C\u002Fa> to tell you what to choose from the menu. Smart forks or chopsticks might nudge you to eat more slowly or help you with lifting the cutlery while your hands are shaking. In the saturated market of new tools for eating, nutrigenomics might become another means to generate insights into how and what we should or shouldn’t eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":161,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics emerged lately in food science and dieting similarly to blockchain: it shows the way into the future, but sometimes seems to be hijacked by companies yearning for attention but not having the proper science to back up their products. As many people have no idea what nutrigenomics entails, not to speak about what it should, The Medical Futurist decided to show what nutrigenomics means, where the technology stands at the moment and what it could bring in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",21409,"standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":26},[166,167],510,488,[169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184],221,529,240,578,246,599,259,619,260,1006,262,1007,271,275,425,212,[],[],[188,189,190,30,191,192,193,194,195],2911,3271,5411,1571,1613,1883,1969,2063,[197,102,198,46,199,47,48,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217],"post-21392","type-post","format-standard","category-future-of-food","category-genomics","tag-eating","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-food","tag-nutrigenomics","tag-future","tag-diet","tag-genetic-testing","tag-lifestyle","tag-genetics","tag-food-science","tag-genomics","tag-dieting","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-technology-2","tag-dna",{"id":162,"alt_text":26,"caption":26,"description":26,"media_type":50,"media_details":219,"post":91,"source_url":240},{"width":52,"height":220,"file":221,"sizes":222,"image_meta":238},489,"2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3.jpg",{"medium":223,"large":226,"thumbnail":230,"medium_large":233,"large_old_512x288":234},{"file":224,"width":58,"height":59,"mime-type":60,"source_url":225},"Nutrigenomics-3-370x208.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3-370x208.jpg",{"file":227,"width":64,"height":228,"mime-type":60,"source_url":229},"Nutrigenomics-3-768x432.jpg",432,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3-768x432.jpg",{"file":231,"width":69,"height":69,"mime-type":60,"source_url":232},"Nutrigenomics-3-150x150.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3-150x150.jpg",{"file":227,"width":64,"height":228,"mime-type":60,"source_url":229},{"file":235,"width":74,"height":236,"mime-type":60,"source_url":237},"Nutrigenomics-3-512x288.jpg",288,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3-512x288.jpg",{"aperture":83,"credit":26,"camera":26,"caption":26,"created_timestamp":83,"copyright":26,"focal_length":83,"iso":83,"shutter_speed":83,"title":26,"orientation":83,"keywords":239},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNutrigenomics-3.jpg",{"related_posts":242,"related_posts_footer":243,"cta_type":26,"cta_color":26,"subtitle":26,"related_books":20},[110,85,109],[108,244,245],15120,14102,{"yoast_wpseo_title":247,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":248,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":156},"What Is Nutrigenomics? 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But the pandemic made the state of hunger and malnutrition even worse. “\u003Cem>We are now at a critical moment in time that requires new food system approaches and urgent actions at scale to get back on track\u003C\u002Fem>” – said the UN in the statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The organisation’s report on the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fsofi\u002F2021\u002Fen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World\u003C\u002Fa> provided some \u003Cstrong>disheartening statistics about famine and obesity worldwide.\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger and nearly one in three people, 2.37 billion did not have access to adequate food in 2020\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003Cstrong>On the other hand, the report says that difficulties accessing nutritious food are contributing to the growing problem of obesity in the world\u003C\u002Fstrong> and adult obesity is increasing sharply in all regions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As the world population is growing and producing more food through farming strains the resources of the planet – could artificial food ensure appropriate nutrition for everyone on the globe?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food consumption today: a dead-end\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theworldcounts.com\u002Fchallenges\u002Fconsumption\u002Ffoods-and-beverages\u002Fworld-consumption-of-meat\" target=\"_blank\">The world’s demand for meat\u003C\u002Fa> will soon outpace our supply of cows, pigs, chickens or other edible animals. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Fglobal-demand-for-food-is-rising-can-we-meet-it\">Climate change-driven water scarcity, rising global temperatures and extreme weather\u003C\u002Fa> will continue to have severe long-term effects on crop yields. Moreover, producing food today is incredibly stressful to the environment. And at the very end, one-third of what we cultivate goes to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tons of meat eaten\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theworldcounts.com\u002Fembed\u002Fchallenges\u002F39?background_color=white&color=black&font_family=%22Helvetica+Neue%22%2C+Arial%2C+sans-serif&font_size=14\" style=\"border: none\" height=\"100\" width=\"300\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Given that traditional approaches haven’t mitigated the problem of global food insecurity satisfactorily and the issue will in all likelihood only aggravate in the future, we might ask what technology can offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Lab-grown chicken and artificial tuna\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Have you heard of the expressions “cell-based meat,” “in vitro meat,” “artificial meat” or even “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.outsideonline.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fnutrition\u002Fimpossible-foods-beyond-meat-alt-meat\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">alt-meat\u003C\u002Fa>”? Experiments with producing meat-like edible organisms in laboratories multiplied over the past few years. There’s a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbinsights.com\u002Fresearch\u002Ffuture-of-meat-industrial-farming\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">$2.7 trillion global market\u003C\u002Fa> for meat (by 2040 at least), so no wonder startups and big players all want a slice of it. The competition is fierce. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Parallel to the increased interest in producing cultured or clean meat in laboratories, companies are multiplying like mushrooms in the field. Beyond Silicon Valley, scientists in Maastricht, Tel Aviv or Tokyo are experimenting with stem cells and the future of meat production while figuring out a way for mass production\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Today even fast-food chains use artificial meat, which is, in most cases, plant-based natural or lab-grown substitutes. Burger King’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burgerking.co.uk\u002Fplant-based-options\" target=\"_blank\">plant-based meat options\u003C\u002Fa>, Taco Bell’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.foodandwine.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftaco-bell-plant-based-meat-cravetarian\" target=\"_blank\">Cravetarian\u003C\u002Fa> or McDonald’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvegnews.com\u002F2021\u002F2\u002Fmcdonalds-beyond-meat-sign-3-year-deal-to-launch-plant-based-options\" target=\"_blank\">McPlant\u003C\u002Fa> are all on this \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thrillist.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnation\u002Fbest-plant-based-meat-items-from-fast-food-chains\" target=\"_blank\">endless list\u003C\u002Fa>. By now practically \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.today.com\u002Ffood\u002Fall-popular-fast-food-chains-offering-plant-based-meats-t171328\" target=\"_blank\">all the popular chains\u003C\u002Fa> have their meat alternatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant-based vs. artificial meat\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are multiple ways to “fake” meat. Plant-based means creating the texture and the taste of meat with its key basic ingredients. “\u003Cem>There are four key elements to animal muscle – protein, fat, water, and glycogen – present in very specific proportions\u003C\u002Fem>,” Dariush Ajami, Beyond Meat’s chief innovation officer told \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wellandgood.com\u002Falternative-meat-products\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview\u003C\u002Fa> of their solution. Beyond Meat went public at a valuation of almost $1.5B in 2019.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But it’s already possible to create meat from a single meat cell in a lab. In general, the process is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-bioprinting-overview\">similar to 3D bioprinting\u003C\u002Fa>: scientists take a live animal’s adult muscle \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgizmodo.com\u002Fbehind-the-hype-of-lab-grown-meat-1797383294\">stem cells\u003C\u002Fa> and set them in a nutrient-rich liquid to allow them to grow around scaffolds to help them achieve the desired shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Researchers of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fculturedbeef.org\u002F\">Cultured Beef Project\u003C\u002Fa> remove muscle cells from the shoulder of a cow and feed the cells with a nutrient mix in a Petri dish, and they grow into muscle tissue. From a few starter cells, one can derive tons of meat. Netherlands-based company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mosameat.com\u002Four-story\u002F\">Mosa Meat\u003C\u002Fa> introduced their first hamburger in London in 2013, and they promise to bring artificial beef to the masses – they are behind schedule, but they’re still on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why we need to change how we make meat\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F0Sl9yZuPrd0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.supermeat.com\u002F\">SuperMeat\u003C\u002Fa> in Tel Aviv joined the quest to mass-produce cultured meat, working on cultivating chicken meat in their laboratory (and also in their restaurant, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthechicken.kitchen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicken\u003C\u002Fa>, where one can only have cultivated chicken, grown directly from chicken cells). And Silicon Valley-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Ffinlessfoods\" target=\"_blank\">Finless Foods\u003C\u002Fa> is promising to produce real fish meat out of stem cells to create more sustainable seafood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M\u003Cstrong>ass production of cultured foie gras or synthetic chorizo?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How far are these companies from mass production? No one knows for sure. The technology to produce complex meat sorts, for example the creation of steaks or hamburgers (meat not only with muscle tissues but connective tissues or fat cells in perfect harmony) is mind-blowingly difficult. Besides, production costs are incredibly high. In 2013, the price of lab-grown meat for a hamburger was $325,000. In 2021 it is about $11 – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffuturism.com\u002Fwere-5-years-away-from-lab-grown-meat-hitting-store-shelves\" target=\"_blank\">30,000 times less\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21802\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat.png\" alt=\"artificial food\" class=\"wp-image-21802\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-512x288.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.gizmodo.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Removing cows from the equasion\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Veganism is gaining momentum – it hit an all-time high in 2020, according to a report by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.chefspencil.com\u002Ftop-most-popular-countries-and-cities-for-vegans-in-2020\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Chef’s Pencil\u003C\u002Fa>. The market expanded significantly over the past years, as plant-based consumption grew due either to a health-based dietary choice or to environmental consciousness (remember the sad fact: of all the mammals in the world today, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fclimate-change\u002Fnews\u002Fveganism-meat-environmental-impact-diet-b1901628.html\" target=\"_blank\">96% is livestock\u003C\u002Fa>). Eating vegan seems to be a climate-change issue, too. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are hundreds of brands producing dairy products (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.womenshealthmag.com\u002Ffood\u002Fg29648044\u002Fvegan-cheese-brands\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in this article\u003C\u002Fa> staff tested over 80 of them). California-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperfectdayfoods.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Perfect Day\u003C\u002Fa> creates milk, cheese and ice cream without cows. Having an entire cow just to produce milk is inefficient, they claim, so the company is using a cow’s milk gene, reproducing it with a fungus. They can control what the milk actually contains, and while their milk cannot provide the same quality that Mother Nature does, it comes close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Perfect Day: Silicon Valley Startup Launches Dairy Ice Cream Made Without Cows\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fw52ZOXRZLoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Would you eat lab-grown food\u003C\u002Fstrong>?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember the scene from Matrix where Neo and his newfound compatriots eat breakfast? A disgusting bowl of proteins with minerals, vitamins, and nutrients: “\u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=2oEnJfZ9joY\" target=\"_blank\">everything the body needs\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>.” Indeed, a meal replacement powder mixed with water that contains all the nutrition necessary for an average adult is a viable solution for many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The main obstacle to artificial food becoming widespread is not technology or money, but people’s strong stance against meals coming from laboratories. That’s even the case with projects that actually use fresh ingredients with state-of-the-art technology, such as the Foodini 3D food printer created by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.naturalmachines.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Machines\u003C\u002Fa>. Lynette Kucsma, Co-Founder and CMO \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\u002F\">told\u003C\u002Fa> The Medical Futurist that “\u003Cem>usually, haters think we are forcing people to buy pre-filled food capsules and\u002For that we are making highly processed foods. Not the case at all, but quite the opposite. Once people understand that we are focused on helping people eat healthier by preparing more of their foods with fresh, real ingredients, haters stop hating\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>People have a hard time accepting foods from a lab\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In Michigan State University’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canr.msu.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fmsu-food-literacy-and-engagement-poll-wave-ii\">Food Literacy and Engagement Poll\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fwould-you-eat-meat-from-a-lab-consumers-arent-necessarily-sold-on-cultured-meat-100933\">The Conversation surveyed\u003C\u002Fa> over 2,100 Americans in 2018 asking, “\u003Cem>How likely would you be to purchase foods that look and taste identical to meat, but are based on ingredients that are produced artificially?\u003C\u002Fem>” The results were ambivalent. One-third of Americans said they would be likely to purchase cultured meat, with the other two-thirds veering toward caution. Forty-eight percent told the interviewers they’d be unlikely to buy this product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Alternative foods of the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if we put things in perspective and push them to the limit? Scientists say the traditional pathways of agriculture might collapse due to climate change and overproduction in the next 2-3 decades. For reasons of food security, experts and organizations responsible for nutrition are not only contemplating the idea of clean meat and other types of artificial foods, but also insect-eating. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Around \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002Fen\u002Fitem\u002F175922\u002Ficode\u002F\">2 billion people\u003C\u002Fa> regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and over \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fdocrep\u002F018\u002Fi3253e\u002Fi3253e.pdf\">1,900 species\u003C\u002Fa> are edible. (According to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnews.nationalgeographic.com\u002Fnews\u002F2013\u002F13\u002F130514-edible-insects-entomophagy-science-food-bugs-beetles\u002F\">National Geographic\u003C\u002Fa>, stinkbugs actually taste like apples.) The most commonly eaten bugs are beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps and ants. Now, \u003Cstrong>what if we tell you that in decades to come, the foods that we know today will disappear and your choices will be reduced to bugs or artificial food?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.opinionstage.com\u002Fpolls\u002F2519454\u002Fpoll\" name=\"os_frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"340px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>All-in-all, the response to our original question is most probably not whether or not artificial food will likely to have the capacity to put an end to food insecurities, but whether people are willing to accept dishes from laboratories.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Want to know more? 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