Where Genetics Meets Nutrition

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 morbidities...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Medically reviewed by Dr. Alejandra Carrasco, MD nourishmedicine.comSince 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 the genetic...

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...