The latest diet plan isn't based on carbs, fats or anything food related. The DNA diet is based on your genetic makeup.

Called nutrigenomics, the technology is already sparking controversy with critics who say it's premature and uncertain how food and and diet interact with your genes, according to an ABC7 KGO-TV report.

Nutritionist Carolyn Katzin, who owns the trademarked DNA Diet, has clients fill out a questionnaire and use swabs to collect cells from inside their cheeks.

The swabs are sent to a lab for nutritional genetic testing. Nineteen genes are analyzed. But critics says there are over 25,000 genes and the high cost of testing isn't worth it.

Read the full article and see what you think.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com