Postprandial Glucose Responses To Specific Foods Vary From Person To Person Depending On Gut Microbiome Makeup

“Postprandial glucose responses to specific foods vary from person to person depending on the makeup of his or her gut microbiome, underscoring a need for personalized nutrition to help better manage diabetes,” research indicated. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes-education/news/online/%7B1c321eba-27df-4be5-8058-53c7494da4b5%7D/microbiome-holds-clues-to-success-with-personalized-nutrition-in-diabetes Humans carry within them thousands of different species of bacteria, mostly located inside the large intestine, with each species holding thousands of different genes, Eran Segal, PhD, professor in the department of computer science and applied mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, said during a presentation at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting. Segal said, are only beginning to understand the influence of those millions of bacterial genes on the human body, affecting everything from obesity, asthma and cardiovascular disease to glucose excursions after consuming a meal. Additionally, research conducted by Segal and colleagues has suggested that the foods humans consume can induce metabolic changes by directly altering the gut microbiota, whereas microbiota, much like humans, exhibit diurnal rhythmicity that can further effect host epigenetics. “In our human genome, we have only about 25,000 genes,” Segal said. “That means that by focusing only on human genetics, we have been studying only 1% of the genetic material that we carry among us.”