Thread by @EricTopol

Today new data marks an advance towards the individualized diet
1. We knew our glucose response to food was highly variable and unique
(work form @WeizmannScience @segal_eran and colleagues, reviewed here
nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opi…

2. At #ADA2109 and #Nutrition2019, @timspector and colleagues reported the same for triglycerides and insulin levels in a large cohort of twins. The variability was also noteworthy in identical twins.
nytimes.com/2019/06/10/hea…
@NYTScience by @cagraber @nicolatwilley

3. The results summarized, emphasizing that the variability in response to food in these 3 metabolic metrics is striking, that they don't track each other, and that much of the heterogeneity is not genetically determined. The gut #microbiome is an important driver.

4. Eventually multimodal data and #AI will help get us to the "food as medicine" goal, providing individualized guidance. More info on the ongoing PREDICT study predict.study [beyond Me Paleo, You Keto :-)]