Lifestyle: Effect Of Dietary Changes On Gene Expressions
Food and mood go hand-in-hand, doesn't it? Good food on the table can just kill days stress instantly and bless you with a happy you. Besides the impact of food on your mood, food is also linked to overall health of a person.
According to a new research, dietary changes are connected to variations in gene expressions that can affect the overall health and physiology of a person. So if you are on a healthy diet but suddenly moved to unhealthy eating, then be ready to face this.
All of us love to change our diet, because they say ‘variety is the spice of life'. None of us can just stick to one dish. Everyone indulge themselves in junk food at some point or the other. According to a research done at The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) it states that even a slight amount of variation or occasional indulgences can produce significant changes in gene expression that can have a negative impact on physiology and health of a person.
A study published by A.J. Marian Walhout, Ph.D. co-director of the Program in Systems Biology and professor of molecular medicine at UMMS, conducting a research on atransparent roundworm to describe how metabolism and physiology are connected to a diet. In the research it was noticed that, how different diets produce differences in gene expression in the worm that can then be linked to crucial physiological changes.
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