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What are Genes?
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● 20,000+ genes on each strand of DNA in every
cell in your body (50 to 60 trillion cells)
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What are Genes?
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● 20,000+ genes on each strand of DNA in every
cell in your body (50 to 60 trillion cells)
● Genes are like “on/off” switches that influence
every element of body function and structure
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What are Genes?
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● 20,000+ genes on each strand of DNA in every
cell in your body (50 to 60 trillion cells)
● Genes are like “on/off” switches that influence
every element of body function and structure
● Gene switches turn on or off according to signals
received from their environment.
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What are Genes?
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● 20,000+ genes on each strand of DNA in every
cell in your body (50 to 60 trillion cells)
● Genes are like “on/off” switches that influence
every element of body function and structure
● Gene switches turn on or off according to signals
received from their environment.
● You can manipulate gene expression through
food, workouts, and lifestyle behaviors.
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What are Genes?
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● Familial genes carry traits that environment has little
to no influence over, like eye and hair color; facial
features; body shape; and predispositions for
obesity, heart disease, cancer, etc.
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What are Genes?
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● Familial genes carry traits that environment has little
to no influence over, like eye and hair color ; facial
features; body shape; and predispositions for
obesity, heart disease, cancer, etc.
● We all share the identical Homo Sapiens genetic
code that has been molded by evolution to respond
favorably to health-promoting lifestyle behaviors
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You are not your parents
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● The degree to which you suffer or succeed in an
assortment of areas (health, fitness, disease)
depends on the particulars of your familial genes.
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You are not your parents
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● The degree to which you suffer or succeed in an
assortment of areas (health, fitness, disease)
depends on the particulars of your familial genes.
● The goal of primal living is to promote optimal
gene expression with respect to both the
limitations and positive attributes of your familial
genes.
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What is Gene Expression?
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● Nearly all the gene expression that influences
health and longevity can be manipulated and
optimized through lifestyle behaviors.
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What is Gene Expression?
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● Nearly all the gene expression that influences
health and longevity can be manipulated and
optimized through lifestyle behaviors.
● Turn on "good" gene switches and you build
muscle, increase fat burning, knock out an invading
virus, or neutralize the oxidative damage to cells
that characterize the process of aging and decline.
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What is Gene Expression?
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● While you have a complex makeup of genes that is
entirely unique, it's important to understand that
genes have no effect until they are expressed.
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What is Gene Expression?
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● While you have a unique makeup of genes, it's
important to understand that genes have no effect
until they are expressed.
● Conditions strongly associated with lifestyle
(obesity, most cancers, heart disease) require the
adverse lifestyle behaviors to make these
otherwise static familial genetic conditions a reality.
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What is Gene Reprogramming?
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● Modern lifestyle behaviors that conflict with our
primal needs cause the mismanagement of genes
and a decline in general health, vitality, and longevity
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What is Gene Reprogramming?
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● Modern lifestyle behaviors that conflict with our
primal needs cause the mismanagement of genes
and a decline in general health, vitality, and longevity
● Reprogramming is simply understanding the
environmental inputs and managing them to get
your desired result