- Brief historical context
- What is epigenetics?
- Environmental factors influencing epigenetics
- Epigenetic marks are inheritable acquired traits: Lamark had a point.
- How are epigenetic marks inherited?
- Consequences of the heritability of epigenetic marks: Your habits will influence your offspring.
- Chromatin structure and DNA packaging.
- Types of epigenetic marks and their effect on gene expression.
- Heritability of epigenetic marks.
- Effects of diet on epigenetics
- Differences between Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics
- You are what you eat: regulation of gene expression through diet.
- Genetic variability and the importance of personalised diets.
- Nutrition as a marker in evolution
- MicroRNAs modulated by diet and in metabolism
- Role of MicroRNAs in disease
- MicroRNA in tumourogenesis
- MicroRNAs in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- Gene variants that generate or destroy binding sites for MicroRNAs
- Methods for detection and purification of MicroRNAs
- Circulating microRNA
- How to apply precision nutrition?
- Personalised diets in consultation
- Nutrigenomics of sport
- Legal aspects
- Ethical aspects
- DTC (Direct to consumer) test
- Assessment of nutrigenetic tests
- Interpretation of results
- Junk food related research
- Bioactive compounds and their influence on epigenetic regulation
- Vitamin D: a potent ally of epigenetics