Change Your Genes, Change Your Life: Creating Optimal Health with the New Science of Epigenetics (No CE)


Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD


Our DNA is not our destiny! In fact, with rare exception, our health is almost completely reliant upon lifestyle choices, including what we eat, how we handle stress, the strength of our relationships, and the toxicity of our environment. Through epigenetics, we now know that it is how our individual genes respond to these factors that creates a unique internal biochemistry that literally turns genes on or
off. Assessing and managing this biochemical environment has opened the door to “personalized medicine” and will become the standard reference for guiding specific lifestyle changes that will optimize our health and longevity.


OBJECTIVES
Define epigenetics.
Describe the differences between the two basic types of stress response.
Name 3 of the 7 basic biochemical pathways in the body governed by epigenetics