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Application of nutrigenomic concepts to Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Feb 2007
Kaput Jim, Noble Janelle, Hatipoglu Betul, Kohrs Kari, Dawson Kevin, Bartholomew Amelia
Abstract excerpt
The genetic makeup that individuals inherit from their ancestors is responsible for variation in responses to food and susceptibility to chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Common variations in gene sequences, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms, produce differences in complex traits such as height or weight potential, food metabolism, food-gene interactions, and disease...
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