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How to pick the right diet? Ask your genes! (see pics)

Washington: Soon, genetic testing may identify what diet you should consume for a longer, healthier life.Researchers have identified a group of genes that allow an organism to adapt to different diets and show that without

PTI Updated on: January 30, 2014 9:42 IST



Curran and Pang identified a gene called 'alh-6' which delayed the effects of aging depending on what type of diet the worm was fed by protecting it against diet-induced mitochondrial defects.

"What we have learned in the worm could translate to a better understanding of the factors that alter diet success in humans,” Curran said in the study appeared in the journal Cell Metabolism.
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