“Some foods really act as what I like to call ‘nutritional armor for your DNA,’ ” she said. “Foods that we eat in our diet that are plant based — a lot of berries, a lot of ...

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The number of home DNA test kits offering nutrition and diet advice matched to your genes is growing. They’re based on the idea that each of us responds to foods differently, in part due to our ...

Hot dogs are a staple in many diets, from backyard barbecues to quick meals on the go. But how much do we really know about what’s inside them? A food analysis company decided to take a closer look ...

"With food-derived DNA signatures in stool, we now have a powerful way to measure diet and microbiome composition from the same sample, which will expand our understanding of the forces shaping ...

The method detects food-derived DNA in stool samples and thus provides a detailed picture of food and nutrients that were consumed. "For decades, the nutritional sciences have relied on ...

Using DNA technology, retailers and consumers alike can be certain that the claims they read in the supermarket matches the story behind their food labels. As more consumers demand higher ...

Discover how a groundbreaking method from the Institute for Systems Biology can decode your diet from stool samples, transforming nutrition science and personalized health tracking.

Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to track diet using stool metagenomic data. Developed by researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), the new method, called MEDI ...