What does the food and drink you put into your mouth have to do with your physical health? EVERYTHING! OK. Yes there is heredity; but you can CHANGE your heredity by what you consume for good or for bad. We can change the epigenetics of our cells to change for positive or negative how sick or well we will be; and then we can and will pass that down to our children. That’s why certain sicknesses can “run” in a family because of epigenetics. So what is epigenetics? Epigenetics is not about just the genes that make us have blue eyes or green. Epigenetics describes inheritance by mechanisms other than through the DNA sequence of genes. It applies to characteristics passed from a cell to its daughter cells in cell division and to traits of a whole organism. By maintaining a healthy life style and healthy diet, we can change our genes for the better!! And having healthy eating habits can make us healthy and also build immunity in every cell in our body and gut to things like COVID-19.
Tune into the next blog soon coming for what you should eat and not eat!
Dr. Jane Statlander-Slote