Gene diet New approach to weight problems

Use of modern individualized medicine for natural and fast weight reduction
In today's society, obesity is becoming an ever greater problem, as it can lead to serious sequelae such as high blood pressure, metabolic disorders or diabetes mellitus type 2. Therefore, it is not surprising that the desire for a healthy and natural weight loss is getting stronger. Looking at obesity itself, however, its genesis is by no means due to just one factor, because obesity is a multifactorial phenomenon and is strongly influenced by both direct and indirect factors. In addition to the energy balance, the direct and thus most important factors include the biological factors such as age, gender, hormone balance and, in particular, genetics.

Thus, based on twin, adoption and family studies as well as population genetic studies the influence of genes is attributed to a high degree of importance in terms of body weight. The BMI is therefore 40 to 70 percent genetically predetermined. This aspect is exploited by therapeutic approaches such as the "CoGAP MetaCheck®" from the Cologne-based company CoGAP. This investigates and analyzes specific metabolic genes, which leads to a different processing of dietary ingested macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) in the body of each individual. There are four types of metabolisms, so-called meta-types ("alpha", "beta", "gamma" and "delta"). The meta types alpha and beta can metabolize proteins well, while the meta types gamma and Delta metabolize carbohydrates better. In addition, the meta-types beta and delta fats can metabolize well.

The genes have a significant influence on the body weight. (Image: tortoon / fotolia.com)

Nutritional advice based on genetics
On the basis of the determined meta type, a nutrition plan or a "gene diet" is compiled for each individual. Non-medical practitioners and nutritionists can thus expand their professional nutritional advice to the important factor genetics, in order to achieve positive and, above all, sustainable results, reports the manufacturer of MetaChecks. The success of the MetaChecks in nutritional counseling was confirmed by a comparative study and, moreover, the innovative method for healthy and rapid weight reduction based on a valid DNA analysis has already been successfully tested by the media. (Pm)