The journal Genes (Basel) has published a review of gene-diet interactions in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), describing both the current understanding of genetic risk as well as potential approaches to target genetic risk with nutritional interventions. There is a clear role for hereditary risk in T2D, with first-degree relatives of people with T2D at 3-fold greater risk for developing it themselves. Yet, for most people with T2D, it is the accumulation of many genetic variants that appears ...
