Genetics and Type 2 Diabetes
Not all type 2 diabetes risk is from what you eat… Genetics plays a big role in diabetes. Learn more about your genetic susceptibility.
Disease Prevention
Your genes interact with your diet and lifestyle to influence your susceptibility to many common diseases such as diabetes, PCOS, and migraines. Learn how to use your genetic data to discover your risk for chronic conditions, find the right solutions, and prevent diseases before they occur.
Member’s: Check out the Disease Prevention Topic Summary Report for a quick overview of all your genetic variants related to disease prevention.
Genetic variants that increase susceptibility to Lyme disease
Lyme disease recovery can vary. Whether you recover quickly or have chronic symptoms that include joint pain or arthritis, it may be due to the genetic variants that you carry.
Gulf War Illness: Genetic susceptibility and current research
Many genetic variants have been studied for Gulf War Illness. Take a look into the research behind the illness and discover some possible solutions to help with symptoms.
Circadian Rhythms: Genes at the Core of Our Internal Clocks
The body’s circadian clock regulates many different functions over the course of a 24-hour day. The genes that code for different parts of the circadian clock have a wide-ranging effect on sleep, mood, and overall health.
Color TV has made us fat: melatonin, genetics, and light at night
Melatonin is vital to good health — impacting weight, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more. Learn how your genes interact with melatonin.
Type 2 Diabetes Protection from Lower PUFA
A genetic variant in a gene that regulates mitochondrial biogenesis (creation) along with a low PUFA diet can decrease diabetes 2 risk. Learn more about this connection and check your data.
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency – Mitochondrial dysfunction
Pyruvate dehydrogenase is involved in the production of cellular energy in the mitochondria. People with pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency have many health effects. Learn more about this deficiency and its genetic mutations.
Checking Your Carrier Status for Genetic Diseases
The term “carrier status” when applied to a genetic disease usually means looking at whether or not you are heterozygous (have one copy) for a mutation that causes a Mendelian genetic disease. While genetic information from 23andMe or a similar DNA test is generally accurate, always re-confirm with a clinical test before making a major health decision. Your results on these variants could be a false positive or a false negative. (Member’s article)
Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is an “inborn error of metabolism” which impairs the body’s ability to break down medium-chain fatty acids for fuel. Learn more about this metabolic disorder.
Inflammatory Bowel, Crohn’s Disease, and Gut Microbes
All of the general advice, fix your gut, eat more fiber, eat fermented foods, avoid sugar, grains, dairy, etc., may work for some but not for everyone. Take a good look at some of the genes that affect our microbiome.
Osteoporosis Genes
Osteoporosis is a degenerative bone disease facing many of us as we age. Genetics plays a big role in susceptibility to osteoporosis. The good news here is that knowing where your genetic susceptibility lies can lead you to targeted, personalized solutions for osteoporosis. (Member’s article)
Type II Diabetes – Genetic Connections
The genes involved in increasing risk for type-2 diabetes indicate some of the variations in causes: insulin release, metabolic syndrome, response to sugar, and zinc deficiency. Knowing how you are genetically susceptible to diabetes may help you to modify your diet appropriately.
Hearing Loss, Mitochondrial Function, and Sirtuins
Many chronic illnesses, as well as just general problems associated with aging, are due to a decline in mitochondrial function. Learn more and check SIRT3 variants.