09/01/2023
EPIGENETICS is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. 🧬
AKA switching on & off genes. 🔛📴
Behavior, nutrition, and exposure to toxins and pollutants are among the lifestyle factors known to be associated with epigenetic modifications. For example, nutrition is a key environmental exposure from gestation to death that impacts our health by influencing epigenetic phenomena. In another example, recent epidemiological data suggest that the increased incidence of cancer observed in the developed world since the 1960s may partly be due to exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), to which humans and wildlife are exposed daily from multiple sources.PMID: 30388784
Genes are regulated by complex arrays of response elements that influence the transcription rate. Nutrients and hormones either act directly to influence these rates or affect indirectly through specialized signaling pathways. Metabolites of vitamins A and D, fatty acids, some sterols, and zinc are among the nutrients that influence transcription directly. Components of dietary fiber may influence gene expression indirectly through changes in hormonal signaling, mechanical stimuli, and metabolites produced by the intestinal microflora. 🍓🍒🍉🍍🍎🍳🍯🍏🍐🥭🥝🥥🥑🥔🥕🌶️
PMID: 10089110.
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