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Melico Sciences Ltd. has been founded by world renowned scientists, who dedicated their careers researching individual responses to dietary intake. Using cutting-edge technology, we conduct a 5-minute urine test that is capable of building a person’s metabolic picture based on thousands of metabolites that are present in the urine. This test accurately reveals the client’s dietary habits and the impact of diet on gut microbiota, and provides a score that indicates the quality of the diet in relationship to WHO dietary guidelines. Based on that, our scientifically validated model generates recommended interventions to improve the client’s dietary habits.

LATEST RESEARCH

DIETARY METABOTYPE MODELLING PREDICTS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES TO DIETARY INTERVENTIONS
^{GARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2020)}

Habitual consumption of poor quality diets is linked directly to risk factors for many non-communicable diseases. This has resulted in the vast majority of countries and the World Health Organization developing policies for healthy eating to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the population. However, there is mounting evidence of variability in individual metabolic responses to any dietary intervention. We have developed a method for applying a pipeline for understanding interindividual differences in response to diet, based on coupling data from highly controlled dietary studies with deep metabolic phenotyping.

OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY PATTERNS BY USE OF METABOLIC PHENOTYPING: A RANDOMISED, CONTROLLED, CROSSOVER TRIAL
^{GARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2017)}

Accurate monitoring of changes in dietary patterns in response to food policy implementation ischallenging. Metabolic profiling allows simultaneous measurement of hundreds of metabolites in urine, the concentrations of which can be affected by food intake. We hypothesised that metabolic profiles of urine samples developed under controlled feeding conditions reflect dietary intake and can be used to model and classify dietary patterns of free-living populations.

THE MICROBIOME OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DIFFERS FROM THAT OF MORE SEDENTARY SUBJECTS IN COMPOSITION AND PARTICULARLY AT THE FUNCTIONAL METABOLIC LEVEL
^{WILEY BARTON et al. (2017)}

It is evident that the gut microbiota and factors that influence its composition and activity effect human metabolic, immunological and developmental processes. We previously reported that extreme physical activity with associated dietary adaptations, such as that pursued by professional athletes, is associated with changes in faecal microbial diversity and composition relative to that of individuals with a more sedentary lifestyle. Here we address the impact of these factors on the functionality/metabolic activity of the microbiota which reveals even greater separation between exercise and a more sedentary state.

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LATEST RESEARCH

DIETARY METABOTYPE MODELLING PREDICTS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES TO DIETARY INTERVENTIONSGARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2020)

OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY PATTERNS BY USE OF METABOLIC PHENOTYPING: A RANDOMISED, CONTROLLED, CROSSOVER TRIALGARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2017)

THE MICROBIOME OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DIFFERS FROM THAT OF MORE SEDENTARY SUBJECTS IN COMPOSITION AND PARTICULARLY AT THE FUNCTIONAL METABOLIC LEVELWILEY BARTON et al. (2017)

DIETARY METABOTYPE MODELLING PREDICTS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES TO DIETARY INTERVENTIONS
^{GARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2020)}

OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY PATTERNS BY USE OF METABOLIC PHENOTYPING: A RANDOMISED, CONTROLLED, CROSSOVER TRIAL
^{GARCIA-PEREZ et al. (2017)}

THE MICROBIOME OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DIFFERS FROM THAT OF MORE SEDENTARY SUBJECTS IN COMPOSITION AND PARTICULARLY AT THE FUNCTIONAL METABOLIC LEVEL
^{WILEY BARTON et al. (2017)}