Epigenetics: ‘the science of environmental and lifestyle effects on the expression of inherited characteristics’. We control whether healthy or unhealthy genes are activated by how we eat, sleep and exercise.
For me, the practical effects of Epigenetics mean that although my family is laden with overweight people who suffered strokes, heart attacks, and cancer, I have the choice and opportunity to avoid all that. (I plan to die at 115 while surfing in Hawaii. Guess I better start those lessons!)
YOUR GENES ARE NOT YOUR DESTINY!
You are not doomed to suffer from obesity, Type II diabetes, breast cancer, or a host of other chronic illnesses just because mom or Uncle Will did.
Not only can you protect or change your own health with appropriate nutrition and lifestyle choices, but amazingly, you can affect the lifelong health of future generations of your offspring.
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