What can I learn on this website?

Neurotransmitters & Hormones:

• Genetic Variants Associated with PCOS
• Resilience: Genetic Variants Involved in Surviving Childhood Trauma
• Circadian Rhythm Genes: Mood Disorders
• Do you wake up at 4am?
• BDNF: Genetic variants for introversion, stress resilience, and more…
• Depression, bipolar disorder, and circadian genes
• Serotonin: How your genes affect this neurotransmitter
• COMT: Genetic Connections to Neurotransmitter Levels
• Is the nootropic drug Modafinil likely to work for you?
• Oxytocin levels: Genetics of the Love Hormone
• Cannabis and your genes: Effects, dependency, and risks
• Color TV has made us fat: Melatonin and light at night

Heart Health:

• C-Reactive Protein
• Lp(a): A big genetic risk factor for heart disease
• Prothrombin and DVT
• Should I take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?
• PCSK9 Gene Variants and Cholesterol
• Factor V Leiden
• The cheese effect and your genes.
• COMT: Genetic Influence on Heart Disease and Interaction with Aspirin, Vitamin E
• Low HDL Cholesterol Levels Can Be Genetic
• Genetics of Cholesterol Levels
• Heart disease, cancer, diabetes: A gene that ties together the “Big 3“

Vitamins and Minerals:

• Building Up Iron: Check your genes to see how iron affects your health
• How Well Do You Convert Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A?
• Shining Genetic Light on Your Vitamin D Levels
• Vitamin C Levels and Your Genes
• A little lithium and B-12 makes the world a happier place – for some.
• Your need for riboflavin (B2): MTHFR, and other genetic variants
• Genetics of Biotin Deficiency
• Thiamine – Genetic Variations in Need for B1

Sleep / Circadian Rhythm:

• Blue-blocking Glasses: Why? Which ones?
• Using your Genetic Data to Fix Your Sleep Problems
• Do you wake up at 4 am?
• Circadian Rhythm: Mood Disorders
• Circadian Rhythm: Weight Loss and Meal Timing
• Genetics of Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Color TV has made us fat: melatonin, genetics, and light at night
• Circadian Rhythms: Genes at the Core of Our Internal Clocks
• Genetics of Sleep Disturbances

Weight Loss:

• Leptin Receptors: Genetics and Hunger
• Weight Loss Genetics – FTO variants
• Color TV has made us fat: melatonin, genetics, and light at night
• Metabolism, obesity, inflammation… hacking your endocannabinoid system for weight loss (Patrons only)
• Adiponectin levels, glucose regulation, and your genes
• UCP1 Polymorphisms: obesity, diabetic retinopathy
• Hacking BDNF for weight loss (Patreon only)

Diet / What (Not) To Eat:

• The Cheese Effect –
• Meat consumption, colon cancer, and your genes
• Caffeine Metabolism and Your Genes
• Salt and High Blood pressure: Genes Make a Difference
• Lactose Intolerance: The genetics of not producing lactase
• Digesting Carbohydrates: Amylase variants
• Saturated Fat and Your Genes
• Too much of a good thing: Mushrooms intolerance and your genes
• Carbohydrate metabolism: Your genes play a role in insulin and blood glucose levels
• Interaction between high fat diet, blood pressure, and your genes
• Omega-3 vs. Omega-6: polyunsaturated fats and your genes
• Green Smoothie Genes – Oxalates in Your Diet
• Fruit and Veggie Diets – Effect of GSTM1
• Genetics of celiac disease…
• Choline – An Essential Nutrient
• SOD1: Genetic Variants in Our Antioxidant Defense System
• Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
• Short-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency – Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Should you eat organic? Detoxifying Neonicotinoids
• Should you eat organic? Detoxifying Organophosphates

Histamine Intolerance:

• Histamine Intolerance & Genetics: Check Your 23andMe Raw Data
• Histamine intolerance and the methylation cycle
• Notes and studies related to histamine and mast cells

Microbiome:

• Inflammatory Bowel, Crohn’s Disease, and Gut Microbes
• Gut Health and Your Genes – FUT2 Genetic Variants
• How our genes shape our gut microbiome and our weight
• Microbiome + genetics + emulsifiers = obesity

Exercise:

• The ACTN3 Gene: Muscle type
• Sore muscles after workouts? Could be AMPD1 deficiency. (Patrons only)
• How your genes influence testosterone levels

Diseases & Prevention:

• Parkinson’s Disease
• Are you allergic to grass? It may be genetic.
• Familial Mediterranean Fever: Do you carry the genetic variants?
• Diet – Gene Interaction in Type 2 Diabetes Risk
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency – Mitochondrial dysfunction
• Short-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency – Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Genetic influences on Osteoporosis
• Alzheimer’s and Light at Night: Taking action to prevent this disease (Patrons only)
• Alzheimer’s and APOE type
• Increased Inflammation and IL-17A Genetic Variants
• Are you genetically less likely to get the flu?
• TNF-alpha: Genetic Variants That Cause Increased Inflammation
• Genetic Variants that Cause G6PD Deficiency
• Diet – Gene Interaction in Type 2 Diabetes Risk
• Aspirin, colon cancer, and genetics
• Genes linked to susceptibility to lupus
• Mono and genetics
• Type II Diabetes – Genetic Connections
• PMS, Genetics, and Solutions (Patrons Only)
• Genetic mutations that protect against Alzheimer’s Disease

Fun / Interesting / Personal:

• 5 ways you can optimize your diet today, based on your genes
• Cannabis and your genes: effects, dependency, and risks
• Living to 100? Longevity and Genetics (Patrons Only)
• Oxytocin Levels: Genetics of the Love Hormone
• Biohacks – Experiments and Optimizations Based on My Genetics
• Intriguing Genes: Do you taste what I taste?
• Intriguing Genes: Differences in how we smell things
• Ear wax and body odor – it’s genetic
• Are you genetically more likely to have twins? 
• The ‘redhead’ gene 
• CRISPR babies and HIV resistance

Methylation Cycle:

• MTHFR and Migraines
• MTHFR & Methylation: How to check your 23andMe results
• Dads matter: MTHFR variants in fathers affect miscarriage risk
• Choline – An Essential Nutrient
• MTR / MTRR – Homocysteine, methionine, and B12
• MTHFR C677T: Not All Bad!
• COMT – Genetic Connections to Neurotransmitter Levels
• Histamine intolerance and the methylation cycle
• CBS Genetic Variants: Should you eat a low sulfur diet?

Phase I and Phase II Detoxification:

• Detoxifying Phthalates: Genes and Diet
• BPA: Genetics and Detoxification
• Detoxification: Phase I and Phase II Metabolism is Genetic
• Liver Detox Gene – CYP17A1
• Liver Detox Genes – CYP2E1
• Liver Detox Genes – CYP3A
• Phase II Detox – NA/Ts
• Phase 2 Detoxification – UG/Ts
• Detox Genes – NQO1
• Nrf2 Pathway: Increasing the body’s ability to get rid of toxins