CAN WE IMPROVE OUR EPIGENETICS!?
A genome is a collection of genes
that you inherited from your parents. Your DNA serves as a permanent blueprint
for your body that you cannot alter. It has a significant impact on the
development of numerous diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and obesity.
However, factors like as nutrition and lifestyles, which are within your
control, can alter how these genes are used in the body, a process known as
gene expression. This is similar to two houses built from the same blueprint
that are fundamentally identical but appear to be different due to siding and
landscaping differences.
The changes in gene expression
caused by nutrition and lifestyle are referred to as epigenetic, which means
"above the genome." Because some epigenetic alterations can be handed
down to offspring, your diet and lifestyle choices can have an impact on future
generations.
Your body can adjust how much
specific genes are expressed in two ways when you eat a healthy diet and
exercise regularly: 1) by altering how the genome is packaged inside the cell,
and 2) by putting chemical tags onto specific genes in the genome. The genes
are not used by the organism when a portion of the genome is more folded or
scrunched up. Similarly, different chemical tags placed on individual genes can
either increase their expression or turn them off totally. Because these
chemical markers are produced by breaking down the food we eat, a balanced diet
is an essential component of any exercise regimen.
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