Nutrigenomics? Does it really help you loose weight?  

I was reading an old issue of Health magazine and I came across an article that was saying that our ability to lose weight may not be our fault, even if we constantly go on diets and exercise. It could have something to do with our genes. There is a theory of Ruth M. DeBusk, PhD, RD, a geneticist and clinical nutritionist in Tallahassee, Florida, and a former researcher at Florida State University; She believes genes explain most diet failures, and she estimates that one quarter to one-third of even her most compliant patients wont lose weight on a given diet. Apparantly there is research to back this theory up too. A big study in the journal Science recently found that a certain gene variation ups your risk of obesity by about 20 percent and other universitys say about 10 percent of the population has this genetic risk factor. There are gene tests that you can take to check some of the genetic variations known to be associated with obesity. Then after you take a gene test, go see a nutritional counselor. This is supposed to help you get rid of those stubborn pounds and allow you to regain self-confidence. What do you think of this? I would personally like to try it just to see if it works. I know that several people in my family history have been overweight and my mother is too, she just cannot seem to loose weight, but she blames it on all of the surgeries that she has had.