Defective genes cause less than 1% of all disease
Research in the field of epigenetics continues to show that, when it comes to health and disease, our genetic makeup is dynamic and not static in nature. Rather than being locked in stone at birth, it is what we choose to eat and what we are exposed to in our environment that affects our DNA, its expression, and ultimately our health and longevity.
The previous model of genetics was that a defective gene present at birth lead to a genetically-inherited disease. Less than 1% of all diseases now fall into this model. This has been replaced by the new epigenome model where epigenetic factors (literally “beyond the control of the gene”) are the main determinant how DNA will be interpreted, translated and expressed in our body. Epigenetic factors are influenced by the presence or absence of key nutrients in the diet, exposure to toxic chemicals, pathogens, and other environmental influences, and even our state of mind.
Comments: We cannot blame our DNA for causing disease. It is our health choices that govern. Our lifestyle really can alter our heredity!