Well, although I was clearly seeing some results from this diet plan, I fell off the bandwagon. Why? Because it's a pain in the ass to make diet plans. I usually make them for the month so I can easily go shopping, but now with all the micronutrient information, I find it difficult to stay on track.
What I was really hoping for was for Fitnessgenes to supply me with a meal plan, but I didn't realize that they do not provide that (yet) so I have been doing it myself for a few months. The service that actually does the meal planning is DNAFit.com. Using my ancestry DNA results, I was able to get the information almost instantly for $149, which is also cheaper than FitnessGenes. Not only that, they give a free over the phone consultation on how to understand your results. So instead of me struggling to read through loads of information, they actually went over their full report with me on the phone. I was able to ask questions and get a lot of answers. It was extremely beneficial. They even told me they would revise my meal plan and send me the information. If I can get this type of service all the time, I may subscribe to their meal plan service, which is only £ 4.99 ($6.66 USD) per month.
The downsides are that when they build out your meal plan, they don't consider certain lifestyle factors. I have a three-hour commute every day, which means I struggle with time for anything. So to balance this, I will need to cook my meals each week. However, the meal plan they generate suggests eating different things every day. I ain't got time for that. So I asked them if it was safe to choose the same meal every day for a week. They said this was perfectly fine, that I can do the same meals for up to 7 days a week, so long as I am meeting my nutrition goals.
When comparing the two services, they are very similar. At least this validates certain information. However, FitnessGenes does look at more genes, but whether they are beneficial to my goals or not is debatable.
Now, I think the next step of evolution to these services is to get a blood sample (similar to how they get diabetics blood samples) and create a meal and exercise plan that way. The saliva samples are great to analyze genes but they don't tell the current story, they only tell what your body starts out with. These tests tell me what I naturally need, not what I am currently lacking. For example, I am naturally lactose tolerant, but this might change as I grow older. Just like how when I was younger, I had very few allergies and now I have a bunch of them. Although genes do not change, your health does given the body's response to environmental change, etc.
