Wellness Study - The Gene Smart Diet Study

Gene Smart is one of the very few preventative health programs that has been validated in a formal wellness study or diet study.

In addition, each individual diet and exercise strategy in the Gene Smart program has been substantiated through clinical trials from major medical institutions and published in the leading peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The Hillsdale Wellness Study - The Gene Smart Diet Study

Dr. Chilton’s own laboratory recently completed an eight-week long observational wellness study on 59 individuals who participated in the Gene Smart Program in a community-based church setting in North Carolina. The Gene Smart Diet Study was perhaps the most comprehensive wellness study of its kind, measuring the impact of the program on over 150 markers including biochemical, gene expression, physical, and emotional & quality of life measurements.  Because it was so comprehensive, the results of this ground-breaking wellness study will be the topic of multiple papers that will be published in leading scientific journals over time.  The first scientific paper from the Gene Smart Diet Study, which was a wellness study focused on the program's impact on a subset of 41 overweight and obese individuals, was recently published by the Center for Disease Control's Preventing Chronic Disease Journal.

The data from this observational wellness study and other studies provide convincing evidence that the Gene Smart Anti Inflammatory Diet & Exercise Principles can help you take control of your health.  Here are some of the wellness study results from the Gene Smart Diet Study:

Wellness Study Results - Weight Loss

Those in the Gene Smart wellness study lost 1½ to 2 pounds, ½-inch around their waists, and almost 0.5 percent of their body fat per week. These are averages, of course, but they’re pretty amazing. They reflect a pace of weight loss that’s healthy and safe.

What’s more, in the Gene Smart Study, sticking with Gene Smart wasn’t hard. Unlike conventional weight-loss diets, the majority of our wellness study participants reported no hunger, no confusion, and no problems with compliance. They enjoyed their meals, and they felt full and satisfied after eating.  Impressively, 90% of our Gene Smart wellness study participants stayed on the program until the very end, a rate of success that is three times higher, or more, of a typical weight loss program.  Even more, 74% of this Gene Smart Diet Study group maintained their weight loss, or continued to lose, a full 10 weeks after we concluded the wellness study, the last time we measured.

Wellness Study Results - Heart Health

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. In their 8 weeks in the Gene Smart Diet Study, our wellness study panelists saw reductions in their triglycerides (20 mg/dl, on average), LDL cholesterol (10 mg/dl), blood pressure, and resting heart rate. The degree of change depended largely on each person’s initial readings. The good news is, those with the most significant risk factors saw the greatest improvements.  Similarly, leading biomarkers of inflammation—including leptin and interleukin-6—declined over the 8 weeks of the Gene Smart wellness study program. Leptin, the pro-inflammatory protein produced by fat cells, dropped by a staggering 35 percent.

Wellness Study Results - Diabetes

An estimated 23.6 million Americans—a mind-blowing 7.8 percent of the population—have some form of diabetes.

The Gene Smart wellness study group showed marked reductions in hemoglobin A1c, HOMA (a critical indicator of insulin resistance), and SCD1, among other biomarkers of insulin resistance and diabetes. Most impressively, those in the Gene Smart Diet Study reduced fasting insulin levels by more than 30 percent. A high fasting insulin is a sign of insulin resistance and the onset of metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes.

Between 50 and 75 million Americans have metabolic syndrome, defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as the presence of three or more risk factors, including abdominal obesity; high triglycerides or cholesterol; elevated blood pressure; and abnormal insulin or glucose levels. In the Gene Smart wellness study, the percentage of individuals who had metabolic syndrome was reduced from 44% to 24% over the eight week wellness study.

Additional Wellness Study Results from the Gene Smart Diet Study

The Gene Smart Program observational wellness study will be the subject of several additional articles that will be published in leading peer reviewed scientific journals.  As future articles from the Gene Smart Diet Study are published, we will share additional wellness study results.