precision nutrition

A new technological system applies precision nutrition to generate personalised dietary and lifestyle advice based on biomarkers

The PREVENTOMICS project has developed a personalized nutritional and healthy lifestyle habits recommendation system based on users’ biomarkers, eating habits and physical and behavioural characteristics to generate tailor-made plans. This innovative platform would allow its integration with technological applications that need to apply precision nutrition to any type of treatment, disease or defined life situation,…

Overweight

Overweight, a burden for chronic pain

In recent years, the prevalence of overweight/obesity has been increasing in our societies. This worldwide and “modern” disease makes us more prone to suffer from other pathologies such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, depression, gastrointestinal disorders and chronic pain. More concretely, when the combination of obesity and pain appear, thus worsen the patient’s functional…

Personalised nutrition

Diet for One? PREVENTOMICS project is coming close to scientists’ dream of personalised nutrition

May personalised medicine rings you a bell; it is an “emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease” according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. As we are    deeply entering into a new personalisation era in medical terms spurred by…

[INTERVIEW] Personalised nutritional information seems to increase diet adherence, UK study finds

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton conducted a study to identify whether tailored dietary advice is superior to usual dietetic advice in promoting a reduction in waist circumference, weight loss, body fat and favourable changes in metabolism in individuals with overweight and obesity. We interviewed Dr Ella Baker, research fellow, and Dr…

sustainable eating

ALDI promotes healthy and sustainable eating

Sustainability plays an increasingly important role in the buying habits of modern customers. As international active retailers, we reach millions of people of all ages, social classes, and educational backgrounds. ALDI aims to leverage this potential to make a positive contribution to sustainability and enable all customers to consume responsibly and with a clear conscience…

food intake biomarkers

Development of a platform for the analysis of food intake biomarkers for an objective dietary assessment

In recent years, the use of metabolomics (the “–omics” science that measures the set of small molecules present in biospecimens) has allowed the identification of new and robust biomarkers of food or nutrient intake, which give a more objective measure of exposure than self-reported methods1. Accurate measurement of food consumption is crucial to understanding the…

functional ingredients

Functional ingredients: making the best choice for an optimal diet

Changes in lifestyle, including improper nutrition and inadequate physical activity, have resulted in the epidemic of non – infectious diseases being a cause of several health problems, and even death. Functional food influences specific functions of the organism, providing (beyond basic nutrition) additional health benefits and remedies for some diseases, following the addition / concentration…