Nutrigenomics: The Science to Unfold the Impact of GM Food on Health

After the development of second generation transgenic crops, molecular characterization of food and feed and its impact on health became imperative. The growing awareness towards the impact of modified food or diet on human health led down the foundation of nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is an emerging field of science that tends to unfold the role of nutrition on gene expression which brings together the science of bioinformatics, nutrition, molecular biology, genomics, epidemiology and molecular medicine. The present review focuses on origin, status, strategies and goals of Nutrigenomics research. Omics supported different techniques, which have been considered as the best research tools to study the effect of diet/ food on the genome, are also discussed in relation to Nutrigenomics. To gain deeper insight of diet- gene interaction and to develop biomarker for early prediction of diet related diseases, there is an urgent need to boost more research in the field of Nutrigenomics to help people in understanding the relationship between diet and health.