Personalized Nutrition/ Cell November 19, 2015 (Vol. 163, Issue 5)

Doctors and nutrition specialists keep telling us what foods are good and bad for our metabolism and health. But does it work for everyone? Scientists led by Eran Segal and Eran Elinav at the Weizmann Institute of Science find that, surprisingly, everyone responds to the same foods quite different because of their unique gut bacteria makeup. Good news for some people: ice cream could be healthier than sushi! Check out the Cell paper at: (15)01481-6. David Zeevi,