Nutrilipidomics: a tool for personalized health J

“-Omics” monitor molecular levels and activities of genes, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and all their metabolites, offering a systematic view of the most relevant biological pathways and responses. This includes effects of nutritional elements. On this basis, it is timely to develop medical approaches where the “molecular” status of the patient is evaluated during the anamnesis, coupled with clinical observation and set-up of a personalized therapeutic strategy, including dietary intervention. Genomics in the nutritional area created the field of nutrigenomics dealing with the effects of nutritional elements on gene expression and transcription factors, however the number of studies is still considered limited to allow for a full application to medical care [3].