Food, nutrition and our genes

Watch Melissa talk about nutritional genomics, its importance to nutrition science and its potential to help personalise our nutritional requirements.

With advances continuously being made in the biotechnology space, healthcare professionals and the general public have access to an ever expanding range of tools and tests to help advise them on their health.

Nutrigenetic tests are now available both online and through healthcare professionals around the world; claiming to provide individuals with information contained in their genes which may affect their nutrition requirements and also risk of developing certain diseases.

Talking point

Within the Comments, consider sharing with other learners your thoughts on the following questions:

• Have you had a nutrigenetic test conducted to learn more about nutrition, health and you?

• Would you be interested in having a genetic test if it could provide you with information on how your genetics influences your nutrition requirements?

If you answered Yes to either question, explain how you’ve used the test results to improve your health choices or how you plan to use the results to modify your food intake to compliment your genetic makeup.

If you answered No to either question, consider sharing with other learners the reasons for your answer.

You might like to take some time to read comments made by other learners, and if you find these comments interesting, respond to them. Remember you can also ‘Like’ comments or follow other learners throughout the course.

Although it can be useful for other learners to hear of your personal experience, it’s good to be mindful of sharing too much.

Managing comments

Comments on a step can be ‘filtered’ which helps you access them in a way that’s best for you. You can do this by selecting comments by ‘All comments’, ‘Bookmarked’, ‘Your comments’ or ‘Following’ from the drop-down menu in the comments section of the step. You can can also sort by ‘Newest’, ‘Oldest’ or ‘Most liked’.

You can also bookmark comments to remind yourself of certain contributions that you might wish to refer back to at a later stage.

Mentioning other learners

When replying to a comment, you can also mention other learners that are taking part in the comment thread. You can do this by entering the learner’s profile name as part of your reply. For example, @User3320607 That’s an excellent description! @User4499578 What do you think?

Please note, you can only mention others who are in the thread and cannot use the mention functionality in stand alone comments.