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High blood sugar levels are a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Doctors today have only general

dietary recommendations for how to control those levels because there's no real way to predict

what's called the post-pranthal glycemic response, that is just how your particular blood glucose

level will be affected by what you eat. But a new study may be the start of making glucose

controlling food recommendations more personal. Scientists in Israel followed 800 non-diabetic

adults over one week, checking their blood glucose levels every five minutes. The participants

got a full medical workup, including a stool sample, to analyze their gut microbi minutes. The participants got a full medical workup, including a

stool sample, to analyze their gut microbiome. The participants logged the food they ate,

their exercise, and their sleep. They chose their own food except for one meal a day, which was one

of four standardized options. The result? The blood sugar response of different people to identical meals

can be hugely different.

Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Segal and his colleagues found that one person's blood glucose might spike

in response to a particular food, while that same food would actually lower another person's.

The study is in the journal cell.

The researchers then developed an algorithm that could predict an individual's blood sugar

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