whygetfat on Nostr: Dr. Ted Achacoso: "Epigenetics is a really wonderful and interesting science that has ...
Dr. Ted Achacoso: "Epigenetics is a really wonderful and interesting science that has come to encouraging clinical practice. It's simply defined as genes are not your destiny. You're able to change genetic expression without changing the gene sequence themselves. In other words, you can change the way by which your genes are getting read.
"And how do you do this? There is an epigenome, meaning your DNA is actually wrapped around proteins called histones. Depending on particular substances, like for example chelators, they can actually turn on and off certain genes for you, without actually affecting the gene sequence itself.
"For example, the famous case is Angelina Jolie. She found out that she had a breast cancer gene, and she had her breasts lopped off. Actually that can be resolved with epigenetics can shut off certain cancer genes, etc.
"And what's interesting, Ben, is that it is heritable. You can inherit this. If you live a healthy lifestyle before you even get pregnant, all of those cancer genes that you shut off, your child will actually inherit them. So it's a different mechanism of inheritance altogether. So that's epigenetics.
"Many of the foods that we eat are actually epigenetical influencer. Resveratrol for example, or garlic, or even sulforaphane from broccoli. These are called histone acetylators. They shut off certain cancer genes and they turn on certain protective genes.
"Whereas turmeric and so on, these are methylators. So we can influence the genes and their expression, not by a CRISPR technology or anything like that, through. . ."
Dr. Ted Achacoso with Ben Greenfield @ 37:17–39:30 https://youtu.be/cZz0pUPTJBA&t=2237
"And how do you do this? There is an epigenome, meaning your DNA is actually wrapped around proteins called histones. Depending on particular substances, like for example chelators, they can actually turn on and off certain genes for you, without actually affecting the gene sequence itself.
"For example, the famous case is Angelina Jolie. She found out that she had a breast cancer gene, and she had her breasts lopped off. Actually that can be resolved with epigenetics can shut off certain cancer genes, etc.
"And what's interesting, Ben, is that it is heritable. You can inherit this. If you live a healthy lifestyle before you even get pregnant, all of those cancer genes that you shut off, your child will actually inherit them. So it's a different mechanism of inheritance altogether. So that's epigenetics.
"Many of the foods that we eat are actually epigenetical influencer. Resveratrol for example, or garlic, or even sulforaphane from broccoli. These are called histone acetylators. They shut off certain cancer genes and they turn on certain protective genes.
"Whereas turmeric and so on, these are methylators. So we can influence the genes and their expression, not by a CRISPR technology or anything like that, through. . ."
Dr. Ted Achacoso with Ben Greenfield @ 37:17–39:30 https://youtu.be/cZz0pUPTJBA&t=2237