Dispensary Corner 17 Jan 17
January 17, 2017
What did you really eat last
weekend?Those who are tempted to
downplay their junk food intake
when talking to the pharmacist
may be caught out by a new test
which is claimed to reveal how
healthy your meals are.
Reported in the Lancet
Diabetes and Endocrinology
journal, the test uses “proton
nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy” to analyse a
patients’ urine, which carries a
distinct signature based on the
processing of fruit, vegetables
and different types of meat.
“This will eventually provide
a tool for personalised dietary
monitoring to help maintain a
healthy lifestyle,” said one of the
study’s authors, Dr Isabel Garcia-
Perez of Imperial College London.
“We’re not at the stage yet
where the test can tell us a
person ate 15 chips yesterday and
two sausages, but it’s on the way,”
she promised.
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