What can I learn on this website?

Your genetic data is a gold mine of information about your health and ways to prevent chronic diseases.

If you are just getting started with learning about your genes, keep in mind that it is both genetics and environmental factors (diet, lifestyle, sleep, microbiome) that combine to cause problems. So use your data to find the right solutions for your genetic susceptibility.

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Heart Health:

• Lp(a): A big genetic risk factor for heart disease
• C-Reactive Protein
• Prothrombin and Deep Vein Thrombosis
• PCSK9 Gene Variants and Cholesterol
• Factor V Leiden
• ACE: Saturated Fat and Blood Pressure
• AGTR1 – A genetic cause of high blood pressure
• Genetics and High Triglycerides
• Low HDL Cholesterol Levels Can Be Genetic
• Plant Sterols – Genetic interactions with cholesterol lowering
• The cheese effect and your genes.
• COMT: Genetic Influence on Heart Disease and Interaction with Aspirin, Vitamin E
• Genetics of Cholesterol Levels
• Heart disease, cancer, diabetes: A gene that ties together the “Big 3“
• Should I take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?

Neurotransmitters & Mood Disorders

• BDNF + Serotonin: Genetic variants and depression
• Serotonin: How your genes affect this neurotransmitter
• Dopamin Receptor Genes
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (Winter depression)
• Circadian Rhythm Genes: Mood Disorders
• Resilience: Genetic Variants Involved in Surviving Childhood Trauma
• Depression, bipolar disorder, and circadian genes
• COMT: Genetic Connections to Neurotransmitter Levels
• **Is the nootropic drug Modafinil likely to work for you?
• Tryptophan – Links with serotonin and depression
• B12 + Lithium Orotate

Nutrients – Diet / Gene Interaction:

• MTHFR & Methylation: How to check your 23andMe results
• **CBS Genetic Variants: Should you eat a low sulfur diet?
• Building Up Iron: Check your genes to see how iron affects your health
• Caffeine + Carbs Raise Blood Glucose Levels – For some people
• 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.
• **Riboflavin (B2): MTHFR, and other genetic variants
• Genetics of Biotin Deficiency
• Thiamine – Genetic Variations in Need for B1
• Too much of a good thing: Mushrooms intolerance and your genes
• Lactose Intolerance: The genetics of not producing lactase
• Carbohydrate metabolism: Your genes play a role in insulin and blood glucose levels

Hormones:

• Genetic Variants Associated with PCOS
• Do you wake up at 4am?
• BDNF: Genetic variants for introversion, stress resilience, and more…
• 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

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
• Digesting Carbohydrates: Amylase variants
• Saturated Fat and Your Genes
• 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
• 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

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