Monday 27ththNovember, 2017
DNAFit MAINTAINS COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH WITH NEW SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR KEY SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS
DNAFit’s Head of Sport Science, Craig Pickering, has explored the powerful potential for fitness and exercise genetics within two new scientific papers, accepted for publication this month in influential publications British Medical Journal, and the Open Sports Sciences Journal.
In an opinion paper accepted by the British Medical Journal, and published within the Open Sport and Exercise Medicine section, Craig Pickering reflects on the need for continued research and consideration of exercise genetics. Exercise Genetics: Seeking Clarity from the Noise, which can be viewed online here, reflects on the polarised extreme views of advocates and sceptics of exercise genetics, and calls for more understanding and ongoing evidence review to refine conclusions.
A second paper entitled Understanding Personalized Training Responses: Can Genetic
Assessment Help?, has also been published by The Open Sports Sciences Journal. This focuses on recent evidence which demonstrates large inter-individual variation exists regarding the magnitude and direction of adaption following exercise.Pickering concludes that whilst there is considerable inter-individual variation in the adaptive response to exercise, genetic assessments may provide an additional layer of information allowing personalization of training programmes to an individual’s unique biology.
The two papers, co-authored by John Kiely, are the latest examples of the pioneering work that DNAFit is carrying out, leading the charge within the industry for self research and continued growth. In 2016 DNAFitstrengthened it’sScientific Advisory Board, set up to commission new research and select key projects that will make a demonstrative difference to the discovery and understanding of this emerging field of science.
In recent months, Craig Pickering as authored a further two white papers. In July he revealed the findings of a white paper, which appeared to identify the potentially key role that genetics can play in individualising recovery timings for elite athletes following training. Prior to that in August, Pickering published another paper exploring the existing guidelines on caffeine use in sport, which can be found here:
In 2016 DNAFit released a game-changing piece of research within the industry, publishing the world’s first study to show that followingtraining matched to your genotype lead to greater training improvements. This showed that sportspeople whose training programmes are matched to their genetic make-up can achieve an athletic performance that is improved almost three times more than those on mismatched training programmes.
AviLasarow, CEO, DNAFit, said;
“DNAFit is committed to ongoing research that will not only enable innovations within the fields of fitness and nutrition genetics, butultimately have a wider impact in the reduction of lifestyle diseases which is a growing concern globally.
The work of Craig and our wider Scientific Advisory Board does a crucial job for the wider industry. These latest papers demonstrate the exciting potential of exercise genetics, and we look forward to continuing to apply our research accordingly.”
Craig Pickering, Head of Sport Science, DNAFit, said;
“Our research underpins everything that we do here at DNAFit. It is extremely exciting to be operating in such an emerging scientific field, and whilst we now know a vast amount about the effectiveness of exercise genetics, we are still only scratching the surface of its true potential.”
DNAFit is a fast growing company who study genetics to help match both ordinary consumers and elite sportspeople to the diet and training programmes that best suit their DNA.
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Notes to Editors:
About DNAFit:
DNAFit is a UK based genetics company that reports on genetic markers related to fitness and nutrition.
“Since we began in 2013, we’ve taken cutting edge science out of the laboratory and into the hands of tens of thousands of people, helping them understand how their DNA affects their response to exercise and nutrition changes, to change the way we train and eat, one DNA sample at a time.”
DNAFit adheres to a strict code of practice, which can be viewed here:
Key DNAFit Studies:
- Exercise Geneticcs: Seeking Clarity from Noise
Authors: Craig Pickering, John Kiely - *The DNAFit study is ‘A genetic-based algorithm for personalized resistance training’ by Jones N, Kiely J, Suraci B, Collins DJ, de Lorenzo D, Pickering C, Grimaldi KA. Biol Sport. 2016;33(2):117-126 and can be downloaded in full here.
- “A genetic-based algorithm for recovery: A pilot study”
In this pilot study, 18 male soccer players underwent a repeated sprint training session. Countermovement jump (CMJ) heights were recorded immediately pre- and post-training, and at 24- and 48-hours post-training. The reduction in CMJ height was greatest at all post-training time points in subjects with a larger number of gene variants associated with a reduced exercise recovery.
The full study can be read here:
The study was compiled by:(1st) Craig Pickering, DNAFit Life Sciences Ltd,(2nd) John Kiely, University of Central Lancashire, (3rd) Bruce Suraci, University of Portsmouth, (4th) Jake Watson, University of Portsmouth