Lactose + Gene Food Diet Type
Genetics plays a big role in lactose intolerance. Learn your status for the key genes involved in lactose metabolism with the Gene Food dairy test.
- CLIA-Certified Lab
- Personalized DNA insights
- Data Never Sold
What You'll Learn
- Tests for genes linked to lactose intolerance, including MCM6
- Data is 100% confidential and secure
- Personalized nutrition recommendations
- Learn your Gene Food diet type
Learn how your body metabolizes dairy products
Lactose intolerance is perhaps the most common food intolerance, affecting around 36 percent of Americans. How our body responds to the presence of lactose in the diet changes dramatically from birth, and the greater prevalence of lactose intolerance in some ethnicities indicates a strong genetic link. Notably, it has been suggested that the ability to digest lactose is independently caused by at least five or more SNPs in a region called MCM6 which controls and enhances the expression of the lactase gene. The Gene Food lactose intolerance test gives users a comprehensive profile of how likely they are to develop lactose intolerance as adults.
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Twenty unique diet types, where will you fit?
Gene Food uses a proprietary algorithm to divide customers into one of twenty unique diet types based on dietary fat metabolism, ApoE status, carbohydrate response, histamine, and ability to digest lactose. Where will you fit?
West Angeleno
Healthy fats from whole foods, whole grains, fresh over leftovers, and two plant-based days a week.
Low carb, high fat
Wayoan
Plant-based and low-fat. Meat as a condiment, most dairy out, calories from complex carbs, wild fish for protein.
Macrobiotic template
Lean Machine
Whole grains and plant fats, no dairy, protein mostly from plants with wild fish to hold muscle.
Whole grains, plant fats
Villager
Low-fat, whole-food and plant-based. No oil, fresh over aged foods, calories from complex carbohydrates.
Low glycemic, low fat
Okinawan
Fiber-rich complex carbs make up most calories; saturated fat kept low, no seed oils, animal protein as a condiment.
High carb, very low fat
Vegetarian
Plants first with fish in the rotation. Complex carbs for calories, olive oil only, fresh foods to keep histamine down.
High carb, low fat
Urban Grazer
Robust genes, few restrictions. Whole grains, healthy fats, plant proteins, no dairy or processed meat.
Balanced, few limits
Hunter Gatherer
Omega-3s over saturated fat, low-glycemic carbs, mostly plant protein, and fresh foods to keep histamine in check.
Low glycemic, higher protein
Find out how your body actually handles carbs
Low-carb works for some people and backfires for others. In the PREDICT-1 trial, genetics accounted for nearly half of the variation in how much blood sugar rose two hours after a meal. Our CLIA-certified test scores your carbohydrate response across multiple validated SNPs, matches you to one of 20 diet types, and turns it into a plan: the carbs that suit you, the ones to limit, and a two-week meal plan built around them.
