Most publications about diet in the medical literature assume that everyone reacts to food in the same way. But recently, information is accumulating that suggests that the same meal can have different effects on different people.

A recent article on the NPR website discusses the Nutrition for Precision Health study, funded by the USA National Institutes of Health, which will investigate how differences in genetics and the microbiome can affect individual reactions to given diets.

Of course, those who are familiar with my work and that of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, Dr. William Donald Kelley, Dr. Francis Pottenger, Sr., and Dr. Weston A. Price will know that different people can flourish on and may need different diets and different nutritional supplements. Check out Dr. Gonzalez’ book Nutrition and the Autonomic Nervous System for more on this topic. My Foreword for that book is also available.

My hope is that formal research in this area will mean that this concept becomes more widely known and accepted, to the benefit of patients and practitioners alike.