Knowing your genetic susceptibility helps in effective weight management. Do you often resort to getting fast food for the whole family, after a long day of sitting at your working desk, simply because it is convenient, relatively cheap and the childr ...
Ready to ditch carbs from your diet? There’s a common misconception that “carbohydrates make you fat.” They don’t. Sure, if eaten in unnecessarily large quantities they could contribute to weight gain, but, then again, so could too much of any ...
The relationship between genes and physical responses to stress. For many of us, each morning begins with a frantic rush to get to work on time. Do your fingers twitch and your hands tremor, as you grip the steering wheels tightly to dodge errant driv ...
Increase peak bone mass with our DNA blueprint Children come in all shapes and sizes, just like adults and all living things. Just because a child is significantly shorter than their classmates, doesn’t mean the child is unhealthy or wanting i ...
People diagnosed with hypertension are often baffled, and many ask, “Why me?” Symptoms make a diagnosis more real. But unlike many other illnesses, hypertension rarely causes symptoms. In fact, it is ominously called the “silent killer.” Some people deve ...
All disease is, to some degree, genetic. From cancer to the common cold, almost every human illness known to mankind has something to do with genes. Genes and the switches that control them are made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), containing informa ...
