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If genes aren’t the cause of common diseases, than there has to be a environmental connection. Ever since sequencing the human genome, genetic researchers have found little evidence of genetic causes to most of the common diseases. Inherited genes are not the cause of the sky rocketed growth of conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, autism, ADHD and dementia. Nor is it the cause of depression, obesity, and metabolic  syndrome.

Genes Limited Role

The case for a substantial role of genes in susceptibility to the major human diseases has been refuted by a groundbreaking new analysis published by the public interest science organization, The Bio science Resource Project. Of the approximately 1,000 genes identified that confer susceptibility to disease only a tiny amount are of even limited importance..

The coast is clearing and the gene inquisitions may as well stop. The medical community is on the wrong path. This isn’t a game of multiple choice with the perpetual question being which gene is responsible for expanding waistlines. Ambiguity is what the medical establishment is good at. Instead of understanding the interdependence humans have with the environment, they make everything complicated.

Genes Vs. Environment

The results of the materials and new methods of farming may be the final piece in the equation. The testing before products leave the lab may not measure the effect or determine the long term impact on the citizens and the environment. Without being able to account for the impact our new way of life has on the population, genes may be the last place to look to eliminate disease states.

Genetic expression should be the focus of any health initiative. All the pharmaceuticals have little or no bearing on disease.

Control Gene Expression           

We are in control for the most part when it comes to gene expression. This is the core issue in almost every chronic condition. Diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, cholesterol, metabolic syndrome, and dementia are all diet related.

Lifestyle is the deciding factor in how the genes will express themselves. This is the missing piece of the puzzle when we look for the rise in all chronic conditions. Everything we do has an impact on our health. Diseases don’t come out of the blue.

Human Gene 

The human gene isn’t something that has to be studied as much as understood. It is directed by our action and expresses itself by our lead. When we realize the power we have to orchestrate their expression, we would know that studying them in their static form has little meaning.

Gene expression is forever flowing and changing. Our attention should be on our actions, and then we will find the ways to alleviate much of our suffering. There are many ways to turn on the healing power of our genes.

You have the power, and the gene is your army that will lead you to a healthy finish.

Epigenetic expression is up to you means how your genes express themselves depend on your lifestyle.

Epigenetics Good News

The relatively new field of “epigenetics” is revealing how people, plants and animals do start with a certain genetic code at conception. The choice of which genes are “expressed” or activated is strongly affected by environmental influences. The expression of genes can change quite rapidly over time, they can be influenced by external factors, those changes can be passed along to offspring and they can literally hold the key to their future health.

This kind of information is a reminder of the power we have over our health. It is bigger than the healthcare system debate. It points to the fact that the most influential decisions about our health come from us. This discovery should be met with enthusiasm by the public. There is comfort, convenience and protection if we have ownership of our health.

The question is will we be learning and cultivating our natural ability to build a gateway to health. Epigentics studies are bringing us good news, a reminder that everything that can help us is already in place.

Epigenetic Scientific Validation

According to Ron Dashwood, a professor of environmental and molecular toxicology at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon state University, epigenetics is a unifying theory in which many health problems, ranging from cancer to cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders, can be caused at least in part by altered “histone modifications,” and their effects on the reading of DNA in cells.

Histone proteins are essential for the packaging of the DNA into chromosomes within the nucleus of a cell. Histone proteins play an important role in DNA packaging, chromosome stabilization and gene expression.

“We already know some of the things people can do to help prevent cancer with certain dietary of lifestyle approaches,” Dashwood said “Now we’re hoping to more fully understand the molecular processes going on, including at the epigenetic level. This should open the door for new approaches to disease prevention or treatment through diet, as well as in complementing conventional drug therapies.”        

The OSU  scientist recently received an $8.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore diet, epigenetics, and cancer prevention. The positive findings of the laboratory research are already being converted to placebo-controlled human intervention trials on such health concerns as colon and prostate cancer.

Learning From This

Learning from this means revisiting what we already know. It has been shown over and over that good health is a decision. The transition to a man made diet from a whole food one has been at the heart of the healthcare crisis we are facing. This deviation from nature has taken us to the brink of self destruction.

Cultivating good eating habits means transitioning back to natural whole food diet. All the scientific terms come down to the basic fact, we are what we eat, from a health standpoint.