370: What impact can precision nutrition have on our health?

<div>Everyone knows that we are not all the same, there is wonderful diversity in our bodies, our genetics, our lifestyles, and our preferences.<br> <br> And yet, when it comes to nutrition, the most successful public health messages are the broad guidelines, which suggests one size can fit all.  <br> <br> Think five-a-day, taking Vitamin D through the autumn and winter, and so on.<br> <br> At the same time, the science behind nutrition, the understanding of our metabolism and of our <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/podcast/tim-spector-food-isnt-simple-embrace-its-complexity-food-podcasts/">gut microbiome</a>, has been increasing at a fantastic rate.<br> <br> The question is: how do you bring these two worlds together?  <br> <br> How do you bring the best of intricate nutritional science to a broader population?<br> <br> Could the answer lay in precision nutrition?  <br> <br> It is an emerging and exciting field which helps tailor dietary recommendations and nutritional guidelines, and there is some evidence it can have remarkable health impacts.<br> <br> It is an area which seems to offer huge potential, but exactly how much is yet to be discovered.<br> <br> <strong>Karen Vousden, Principal Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute<br> </strong><br> Karen received her PhD from the <a href="https://www.london.ac.uk/">University of London</a> and following postdoctoral fellowships at the ICR and NCI, she returned to London to establish a research group at the Ludwig Institute. <br> <br> Returning to the US, she was Chief of the Regulation of Cell Growth Laboratory at the NCI before coming back to the UK to take on the role of Director of the <a href="https://www.beatson.gla.ac.uk/">CRUK Beatson Institute</a> in Glasgow.  <br> <br> In 2017, she moved her research group to the <a href="https://www.crick.ac.uk/">Francis Crick Institute</a> in London and served as Chief Scientist for Cancer Research UK from 2016-2022.<br> <br> Karen’s research has made contributions to our understanding of how the tumour suppressor pr