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?
- 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
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:
- 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
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