A diet-controlled study indicates that metabolic flexibility is an important driver of inter-individual difference in the response to dietary change, and a high flexibility score is a likely health asset.
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Dragsted, L.O. The metabolic nature of individuality. Nat Food 1, 327–328 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0104-z
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