Do you believe you can’t get over acne because ‘it’s in your genes’?
Well take a look at the study Dr. Dean Ornish did at University of California in San Francisco.
Dr. Ornish and his team studied 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer. The men opted out of the conventional medical treatment such as radiation, surgery and hormone therapy. Instead, for three months, they made changes in their diet and lifestyle. They ate more fruits and vegetables, less animal products, less fat, less processed foods and more whole foods in their natural state. They also exercised moderately.
As expected their health improved. The risk markers for prostate cancer came down, they lost weight and lowered their blood pressure.
But what’s really interesting is that also their genes changed.
The researchers took biopsies before and after the lifestyle changes.
After only 3 months of eating living in a healthier way 48 genes that promote disease were turned off and a whopping 453 genes that protect against disease were turned on. Turning genes on and off is also called gene expression.
Dr. Ornish commented in an interview with Reuters
It’s an exciting finding because so often people say, ‘Oh, it’s all in my genes, what can I do?’ Well, it turns out you may be able to do a lot. ‘In just three months, I can change hundreds of my genes simply by changing what I eat and how I live?’
Dr. Ornish further continued by saying that the implications of the study are not limited to men with prostate cancer.
I can bet that among those 501 genes were also genes that regulate a host of other diseases as well.
In Acne 101 I talk about how the cells in your body react to their environment. If the environment is healthy the cells thrive, and if it’s not the cells suffer. Gene expression is one way that process works.
From Dr. Bruce Lipton I learned that genes are wrapped in sort of a protective sleeve. When the sleeve is on the gene cannot be read, in other words the gene is turned off. When the sleeve comes off the gene can be read, it’s turned on.
Dr. Lipton explained that gene expression (sleeve on or off) is determined by the signals a cell receives from its environment. Some of those signals are hormones and other chemical messengers; nutrition; emotions; and toxins and bacteria. We know that your emotions, how you feel and what you think affects your genes. Though there is some dispute of the exact mechanism. Some people say it happens via hormones, while others say the medium is energy and vibration.
Regardless of how it happens Dr. Lipton proves that your emotions and thoughts do affect your genes.
It’s really exciting to see scientific evidence that people are not victims of their genes. That anyone that is willing to pay the price (change their diet, lifestyle and mental poise) can take charge of their health and get over pretty much all health problems.
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