The study will use artificial intelligence to analyze data and develop algorithms that predict how a person responds to different foods and diets.at UAB. He said this study is an opportunity to provide people with a diet that offers optimum health.
“I think what it does is really sort of once and for all put the one size fits all idea to bed,” said Hill. The study is split into three modules. The first asks participants to take a meal test followed by blood work. The second, participants are given three different diets to try for two weeks at a time with a meal test and blood work following. The last module is identical to the second, except participants will stay at one of the center’s cottages and are monitored.“Men and women may respond differently. Blacks and whites may respond differently.
Hill hopes the study will also help with lowering the risks of certain chronic diseases that are impacted by lifestyle choices. “This is the first step in saying, ‘let’s figure that out so that we can help people in Alabama eat healthier and avoid some of these chronic diseases that are just terrible within our state,’” said Hill.