Dr. Sarah Berry

The key pieces are who you are. So that's one of the key pieces. So by that I mean your genetics, your microbiome, your age, your sex, your menopause status, all of those kind of things. The other is the food that you eat. And when we think about food, we need to think about it beyond...

The key pieces are who you are. So that's one of the key pieces. So by that I mean your genetics, your microbiome, your age, your sex, your menopause status, all of those kind of things. The other is the food that you eat. And when we think about food, we need to think about it beyond...

traditional way that we thought about food in terms of nutrients you know backpack labeling fat protein fiber carbohydrate but actually thinking about food in terms of the fact that on average each food has 70 000 different chemicals and these are contained within a very complex food structure which we call food matrix that modulates the impact that those chemicals and nutrients have

traditional way that we thought about food in terms of nutrients you know backpack labeling fat protein fiber carbohydrate but actually thinking about food in terms of the fact that on average each food has 70 000 different chemicals and these are contained within a very complex food structure which we call food matrix that modulates the impact that those chemicals and nutrients have

So that's the second thing that we need to think about. So we've got who you are, the food that you're eating, but the complexity of that food, and then how you eat your food. And by how you eat your food, I'm thinking about your lifestyle. I'm thinking about, are you jet lagged? How much sleep did you have last night?

So that's the second thing that we need to think about. So we've got who you are, the food that you're eating, but the complexity of that food, and then how you eat your food. And by how you eat your food, I'm thinking about your lifestyle. I'm thinking about, are you jet lagged? How much sleep did you have last night?

You know, what's the order in which you're eating your food within a meal or over the day? How stressed are you feeling? When did you do physical activity? All of that also impacts how you will respond to a food. And then I think the last piece of the puzzle is so important that as nutritional scientists, I don't think we think about Why do you make the dietary choices that you make?

You know, what's the order in which you're eating your food within a meal or over the day? How stressed are you feeling? When did you do physical activity? All of that also impacts how you will respond to a food. And then I think the last piece of the puzzle is so important that as nutritional scientists, I don't think we think about Why do you make the dietary choices that you make?

So why do you choose to have that for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner? Is it because it's part of your culture? Is it because that's how you're just feeling emotionally? Is it because you're sitting with friends and it's part of that social experience?

So why do you choose to have that for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner? Is it because it's part of your culture? Is it because that's how you're just feeling emotionally? Is it because you're sitting with friends and it's part of that social experience?

I think we're at a really exciting time in nutritional research because we're now able to collect data at a scale, breadth, depth and precision that we've never been able to before that's allowing us to put together all of those pieces of the puzzle to start to see a clearer picture.

I think we're at a really exciting time in nutritional research because we're now able to collect data at a scale, breadth, depth and precision that we've never been able to before that's allowing us to put together all of those pieces of the puzzle to start to see a clearer picture.

So the food matrix simply puts the structure of food. And it's really important because we know that food is so much more than just the nutrients and chemicals it contains. So we know that food contains nutrients that people are very familiar with, like protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrate. We know that food also contains thousands of other chemicals.

So the food matrix simply puts the structure of food. And it's really important because we know that food is so much more than just the nutrients and chemicals it contains. So we know that food contains nutrients that people are very familiar with, like protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrate. We know that food also contains thousands of other chemicals.

Many of these we call bioactives that you'll have heard of, like polyphenols, you know, vitamins, minerals, etc., But they're all encapsulated within the structure of a food. To think of an apple versus apple puree versus apple juice. They're all coming from the same food, but they have a different structure. And the reason it's important is because we know that food structure modulates

Many of these we call bioactives that you'll have heard of, like polyphenols, you know, vitamins, minerals, etc., But they're all encapsulated within the structure of a food. To think of an apple versus apple puree versus apple juice. They're all coming from the same food, but they have a different structure. And the reason it's important is because we know that food structure modulates

the helpfulness of the chemicals and nutrients within the food and it's really really relevant now it's really relevant now because our food landscape has changed almost unrecognizably to 50 100 200 years ago we're now eating a lot of food where the food matrix the structure of the food has changed and this is because we use multiple different processing techniques so

the helpfulness of the chemicals and nutrients within the food and it's really really relevant now it's really relevant now because our food landscape has changed almost unrecognizably to 50 100 200 years ago we're now eating a lot of food where the food matrix the structure of the food has changed and this is because we use multiple different processing techniques so

So in simple terms, it's that we are changing often through processing the structure of the food. Now, by processing, it could be our own processing. When we chew a food, we change the structure. Take a nut, for example, you have a whole nut, you chew it, you break up the nut, it goes into your gastrointestinal tract, it's broken down further.

So in simple terms, it's that we are changing often through processing the structure of the food. Now, by processing, it could be our own processing. When we chew a food, we change the structure. Take a nut, for example, you have a whole nut, you chew it, you break up the nut, it goes into your gastrointestinal tract, it's broken down further.