The search for knowledge regarding healthy/adequate food has increased in the last decades among the world population,\nresearchers, nutritionists, and health professionals. Since ancient times, humans have known that environment and food can\ninterfere with an individualââ?¬â?¢s health condition, and have used food and plants as medicines.With the advance of science, especially\nafter the conclusion of the Human Genome Project (HGP), scientists started questioning if the interaction between genes and food\nbioactive compounds could positively or negatively influence an individualââ?¬â?¢s health. In order to assess this interaction between genes\nand nutrients, the term ââ?¬Å?Nutrigenomicsââ?¬Â was created. Hence, Nutrigenomics corresponds to the use of biochemistry, physiology,\nnutrition, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics to seek and explain the existing reciprocal\ninteractions between genes and nutrients at a molecular level. The discovery of these interactions (gene-nutrient) will aid the\nprescription of customized diets according to each individualââ?¬â?¢s genotype. Thus, it will be possible to mitigate the symptoms of\nexisting diseases or to prevent future illnesses, especially in the area of Nontransmissible Chronic Diseases (NTCDs), which are\ncurrently considered an important world public health problem.
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