Not everyone has the same 'paleo' ancestors. How good this diet is for you, depends on your heritage, which reflects the genetic adaption of your ancestors to specific food environments such as hunter-gather or farming.
Because 40-50% of people have genetic traits that lead them to overeat, if they have an abundant amount of food on hand, they can quickly gain weight if they aren’t careful.
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Type 2 diabetes can be viewed as a consequence of an incompatibility between modern dietary and lifestyle choices and our genetic makeup. People descended from regions where the traditional dietary and lifestyle environment differed most from that of modern day are at higher risk.
How you cook and prepare your foods influences the availability of certain nutrients. In addition, your genes can put you at risk for specific nutritional deficiencies.
By studying how genes and nutrients interact, scientists at GB HealthWatch are looking for ways to use a DNA-based diet as a prescription to improve health and prevent disease.
What we think is healthy, may lead to unhealthy consequences!
A genetic predisposition can trigger an autoimmune or allergic reaction. Avoid triggers by tracking any symptoms, such as congestion, bloating, swelling or hives, and other factors in your environment.
For some people with genetic predisposition to obesity, type 2 diabetes, high triglycerides or low HDL, exercise is not just a fashionable lifestyle, but necessary to mitigate their risks for these conditions.
About 200-300 genes have been identified as risk factors for weight gain. People with risk variants of these genes often experience low satiety, a trait that leads them to overeat because they don’t feel full.
