Our food, environment and our thoughts can change our DNA
The new science of Epigenetics, a study of changes in the gene activity, has revealed how the choices you make can change your genes, and those of your children and grand children.
Dr. Lars Olove Bygren-along with many other scientists, working for the last 20 years on the DNA project, have given birth to a new science called Epigenetics. The epigenome that sits on the top of the genome, (hence the prefix ‘epi’ a Greek word which means above) just outside it. It is these ‘epigenetic marks’ that tell our genes to switch on or off.It is through epigenetic marks that environmental factors like diet, stress and parental nutrition can make an imprint on genes that are passed from one generation to the next.
Epigenetic is the greatest scientific discovery after DNA
More than 50 years have passed since James Watson and Francis Crick first published the 3D structure of the DNA double helix. It consists of three billion individual letters of the genetic alphabet, arranged in a sequence that is unique to each person, which includes approximately 23,000 human genes that determine the production of the proteins, cells and tissues of the body. DNA is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus.
Can you change your Genetic traits? Yes, you can.
New Science of Epigenetics says the genetic blueprint, like a complex musical score, remains lifeless without an orchestra of cells (players) and epigenotypes (instruments) to express it.
Epigenetics brings both good news and bad.
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