You know the phrase, ‘You are what you eat.’ But the opposite is also true — what you eat depends on who you are.
That’s because your genetics can influence how well your body can digest a particular kind of food. Also, many digestive disorders like colon cancer, Crohn's disease, and pancreatic cancer can be hereditary.
Learning how your body reacts to a certain food can help you adopt smart nutrition habits to mitigate these genetic dispositions.