{"id":4408,"date":"2015-12-02T17:26:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nutrishield.com\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:07:02","slug":"good-nutrition-can-repair-your-genes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.nutrishield.com\/?p=4408","title":{"rendered":"Good nutrition can repair your genes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Good<\/a>You are not a victim of your genes. Indeed there is a lot you can do to reduce any susceptibility to any disease that you may have inherited.<\/p>\n

Nutrition can help cause \u2018good\u2019 genes to switch on and \u2018bad\u2019 genes to switch off.<\/p>\n

Through nutrition and lifestyle changes you can turn off genes that can lead to DNA damage and disease and turn on genes that repair damage to your DNA and help you stay healthy. That\u2019s the conclusion of the scientists working in the field.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s logical: in as little as 30 years improved nutrition has increased the average height of Japanese by over 5cm (2 inches).\"Good<\/a><\/p>\n

Moreover, the impact of nutrition on genes is the reason why pregnant women are urged to take enough folic acid. It directly<\/span> affects the genome (the permanent genetic make-up) of the growing baby.<\/p>\n

Researchers at the University of Utah Health Sciences have found that several B vitamins, including folic acid, directly affect gene expression in the foetus and that change persists in the adult\u2019s genes, which he or she passes on.<\/p>\n

So what we eat can not only affect our health, but our children\u2019s health. And we in turn have been affected by what our parents ate. Not only are we what we eat \u2013 but our children are what we have eaten!<\/p>\n

You can see this in a dramatic photo example [link: http:\/\/learn.genetics.utah.edu\/content\/epigenetics\/nutrition\/]<\/a> where Utah researchers fed a normal \u2018mouse\u2019 diet to a group of mice who were genetically predisposed to obesity. A second group were fed a diet supplemented with choline, folic acid, betaine (often classed as a B vitamin) and vitamin B12. The children of these supplemented mice were a normal size and their health was improved.<\/p>\n

In a further example, Utah University cited Swedish research that indicates that grandfathers who were underfed during the war in their pre-adult years, had grandchildren who were likely to live longer \u2013 whilst overeating grandfathers were more likely to have shorter lifespan grandchildren!<\/p>\n

So your genes can respond both directly and indirectly to the food you eat and the supplements you take.<\/p>\n

Nutrigenomics \u2013 a new science
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The impact of nutrition on your genes goes by the unwieldly name of nutrigenomics<\/em>. But it simply means that nutrition affects gene \u2018expression\u2019. This means some genes are \u2018up-regulated\u2019 or increased in activity, others are \u2018down-regulated\u2019 \u2013 reduced in activity.<\/p>\n

Biologists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NUST) have studied the interaction of food and gene expression for over 20 years. They conclude that the ideal overall diet is:<\/p>\n