by Alex Swanson M.S. | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog
Evidence of human adaptation can be found up and down the genome; a unique tapestry of collected stories and struggles of your ancestors over thousands of years. Whether your ancestors adapted to dairy consumption 4,000 years ago, a higher carbohydrate intake from...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Jul 15, 2021 | Blog
Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant (conceive) after one year of trying. For the last few decades, the rate of infertility in the United States has increased. It has been estimated that between 16 and 25% of all couples have serious difficulty...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
A study published in April of 2021 set out to prove that epigenetic interventions – including diet, sleep, exercise, and breathing exercises – could reduce the DNA methylation clock (DNAmAge) that has been found to predict all-cause mortality and multiple...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | May 26, 2021 | Blog
Estrogen and progesterone have tremendous influence over numerous physiological actions. One of the most common associations with imbalanced hormones is the effect on mood. This can be debilitating for some women when their hormones are bouncing between extremes. You...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
For the last year, the world’s focus has been on COVID-19 and protecting each other from infection. While this will continue to be our focus, so will the mental health repercussions of lockdown and isolation for people around the globe. Anxiety levels have been at an...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
Imagine the foreman of a construction site rolling out a blueprint of a new city. The individual blueprints for all the city blocks represent the sequence of DNA instructions carried in your cells. Now imagine all of the skilled workers taking those instructions and...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog
When people decide on a place to live, what is one of the most influential factors? Weather. Does it get too cold? Too hot? Too humid? Does it rain too much? How many days of sunshine? Our DNA has been heavily designed by the environments our ancestors have lived in...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog
Medically reviewed by Dr. Alejandra Carrasco, MD nourishmedicine.com Since March of 2020, the research on SARS-CoV-2 and the illness caused by it – COVID-19 – has been getting published at an accelerated rate. Nutrition Genome has been monitoring all of...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
Have you ever wondered why a deep breath can relax your body? You can thank your vagus nerve. Deep breathing is one of the most effective ways to calm the stress response, yet it is something we consistently forget to incorporate. The activity of the vagus nerve...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog
Over the past few months, there has been a spectrum of adaptations that have changed our way of life. This may have increased stress, restricted our ability to interact with our friends and family, and reduced joy in our lives. It is a time where we have to make a...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | May 27, 2020 | Blog
We have heard a lot about COVID-19 severity, the increased severity trend starting over the age of 50, and the compounding risk with each decade. However, there have been reports of centenarians (over 100) who have successfully recovered from COVID-19. A...
by Alex Swanson M.S. | May 20, 2020 | Blog
High blood pressure is considered one of the significant pre-existing symptoms in regards to COVID-19 severity, along with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In Wuhan, China, early data found that the overall...
