Ep. 163: The Latest On Personalized Nutrition
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What’s the best way to lose weight, and keep it off for good? Does your body prefer a low-fat or a low-carb diet? The body’s metabolism rate, genes, and microbiomes can all affect the way we lose or gain weight. The good news? The field of personalized nutrition will likely soon be able to give you a full list of which foods will help your body lose weight, and which will contribute to weight gain.
Medcan’s director of food and nutrition, Leslie Beck chats with Dr. Christopher Gardner, the director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. They explore the implications of Dr. Gardner’s research into the different ways that low-carb and low-fat diets can affect different bodies.
LINKS
Want to learn more about personalized nutrition? Book a consultation with a Medcan dietitian by emailing bookingteam@medcan.com.
Follow Dr. Gardner and Leslie Beck on Twitter.
Read Dr. Gardner’s bio from the Stanford Prevention Research Centre.
Check out this helpful seminar by Dr. Christopher Gardner on personalized nutrition.
Read the study discussed in this episode, co-authored by Dr. Christopher Gardner and published in Cell Reports Medicine.
Read an informative release about the study in Scope, the Stanford Medicine blog.
See an article by Michael Lee about the Gardner/Snyder study in CTV News.
Want to learn more about fermented foods? Check out episode 87 of Eat Move Think.
INSIGHTS
What is personalized nutrition and why does it matter? [3:18]
The reality of calories and what eating in a calorie deficit might mean for you. [5:27]
Should we all be more informed on our individual inflammatory status? [7:31]
Dr. Gardner shares the story of how his study started out. [10:45]
How do microbiomes play a vital role in personalized nutrition? [16:10]
Understanding if your body burns more carbohydrates or fats by looking at the respiratory quotient. [19:46]
Dr. Michael Snyder, the chair of the genetics department at Stanford, along with his team helped Dr. Gardner look at long-term weight loss maintenance through the study of proteomics. [22:32]
The quandary of multiple options - should we be eating more grains or vegetables? [27:50]
The National Institute of Health (NIH) invested $170 million to study microbiomes—paving the pathway for personalized nutrition in the next five years. [30:27]
Until personalized nutrition makes its way to mainstream medical care, here’s a good option for long-term weight success. [32:33]
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