In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of the Roseto mystery. In the late 1800's, people from Roseto, Italy began immigrating to Pennsylvania. The new arrivals started buying land, planting backyard vegetable gardens and vineyards, raising pigs, and...

Alzheimer's disease is becoming more and more common in today's world, with many of us knowing a loved one who has suffered from the disorder. However, nutrigenomics and epigenomics research have given us hope on how to approach Alzheimer's by being proactive to...

One of the most common questions we get is "what is the difference between the Nutrition Genome DNA Collection Kit and Genetic Report and the 23andme version of the Nutrition Genome Report?" First, we want to point out that we only recommend running the V4 23andme...

  Nutrition Genome is a genetic testing company that focuses on diet and lifestyle solutions to optimize gene function based on your results. 23andme is an ancestry company that sells your data to 3rd parties for research purposes. If you are trying to decide between...

ESR2 codes for estrogen receptor beta (ER-β), one of two main types of estrogen receptor is activated by estrogen. Upon binding to 17-β-estradiol,  the encoded protein interact with specific DNA sequences to activate transcription. Phytoestrogens, ESR2, CYP1B1 and...

23andme Changes to V5 Chip Just recently, 23andme changed to a V5 chip for DNA sequencing. They have not released an official statement yet for why they made this change, but what we do know is that the new DNA data file does not include many of the genes that were...