Tag: epigenetics
Epigenetics and Breast Cancer: How YOU Can Influence Your Cancer Risk
The term “epigenetics” is a buzzword these days in health circles. This is a good thing since the term calls into question the age-old conventional that “your DNA is your destiny.” But what exactly is epigenetics and, more importantly, how… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Fluoride, Food, GMOs, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
Dive into Healing this Spring
March is National Nutrition Month, so it seems fitting that we should talk a little about how food fits in to your health picture. In fact, what you put in your mouth may affect your body and your mind in… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
How We Control Our Genetic Expression
Genetics and Epigenetics There are certain genes that have been passed on from previous generations that we cannot change no matter how hard we try. These may include eye colour, skin colour, height, etc. They are ingrained in our… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Science, Science & Tech, Weight Loss
How You Can Improve Your Hormones, Sleep, Heart and Brain Health
Benefits of Exercise on Hormones One of the most overlooked benefits of exercise is the impact on your hormones and subsequently on your overall vitality. When you exercise, the movement directly impacts a variety of hormones like irisin, testosterone, peptide… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Autism On the Rise: Don’t Our Kids Deserve more than Acceptance?
The number of children diagnosed with an autism or a related disorder has grown exponentially. This is a crisis. This is an epidemic. In 1975, about one out of every 5,000 children had autism. Today, about 1 in 68 children… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, GMOs, Health, Holistic Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Vaccines
Neurological Disease On The Rise: Autism = Alzheimer’s In a 5 Year Old
There is an alarming increase of neurological diseases. Everywhere we turn, we hear about someone we love being diagnosed with everything from ADHD to Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s to Autism. Like adults with Alzheimer’s or other neurological impairments, children with autism… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Vaccines
Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny
Genetic testing is a hot topic these days. And it’s pretty scary stuff. Find out what’s going on with your genetic inheritance and get rid of the bad parts; otherwise, you’re doomed. Doomed, I tell you! Well, dramatic statements aside,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Epigenetics influences food choices. Obese children at greater risk
A series of studies have highlighted the role of genetics and the contributing risk factor to offspring underscoring the need for a healthy diet in both parents. Rates of maternal obesity have risen exponentially in the past two decades and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, News
Child’s genes influenced by mother’s diet
A new study, published in Nature Communications has revealed that a mother’s diet before conception has been linked to how her child’s genes function. Epigenetics is defined as environmental change which impact on gene expression. In other words environmental factors … 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, News
