The human microbiome encodes more than three million genes, outnumbering human
genes by more than 100 times, while microbial cells in the human microbiota outnumber …

Current nutritional and genetic epidemiological methods yield 'risk factors' on the basis of
population studies. Risk factors, however, are statistical estimates of the percentage …

Personalized nutrition refers to tailored nutritional recommendations aimed at the promotion,
maintenance of health and prevention against diseases (1). These recommendations take …

Suicide, a major public health concern, takes around 800,000 lives globally every year and
is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults. Despite …

Objectives Previous studies have shown that higher education promotes cognitive health.
This effect, however, is embedded in the living conditions of a particular country. Since it is …

Scope Micronutrients are in small amounts in foods, act in concert, and require variable
amounts of time to see changes in health and risk for disease. These first principles are …

The involvement of vitamins and other micronutrients in intermediary metabolism was
elucidated in the mid 1900's at the level of individual biochemical reactions. Biochemical …

Our understanding of the human gut microbiome has grown exponentially. Advances in
genome sequencing technologies and metagenomics analysis have enabled researchers to …

Background A healthy diet and optimal lifestyle choices are amongst the most important
actions for the prevention of cardiometabolic diseases. Despite this, it appears difficult to …

Polymorphisms in genes related to the metabolism of vitamin B12 haven't been examined in
a Brazilian population. To (a) determine the correlation between the local genetic ancestry …