Putrika Citta Pramesi 1 and Endang Sutriswati Rahayu 1,2
1 Center of Excellence for Research and Application on Integrated Probiotics Industry, Center for Food and Nutrition Studies,
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2 Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Each individual human beings have different genetic information. In the recent years, technologies on DNA analysis, such as whole genome sequencing, has been vastly improving. The relation between genetics, gut microbiome and nutrition is found to be inseparable. The dietary recommendation which covers the nutrient intake suggestion of a population might not be appropriate for those with different health condition, such as people with metabolic disorders and malnourished children. Hence, personalized dietary recommendation based on multiple information (dietary intake, physical activity, socioeconomic status, psychosocial characteristics, etc.) might be able to be used for providing dietary advices. This individually based nutrient recommendation is defined as precision nutrition (PN). The big dataset used in PN can be further correlated with the results of gut microbiota composition to obtain recommendation on dietary intake, especially for maintaining gut health. Additionally, industries can also use this technology to produce functional foods (e.g., probiotic food) for a more segmented group with similar PN. Thus, in the future, the use of precision nutrition technology may also be seen in both individual and industrial levels.