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"Biotech Terms to Come to Terms With GM: Genetically modified GMOs: Genetically modified organisms GE: Genetically engineered or genetic engineering GEOs: Genetically engineered organisms Roundup Ready: This describes genetically altered crops (namely, soybeans and corn) that contain a bacterium gene that makes them immune to the herbicide Roundup, enabling farmers to increase their production and profits by spraying without killing the crops. More than 90 percent of U.S. cotton is genetically altered." - Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis, Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food (Get the book.)

"In fact, the scientists who originally proposed the thrifty gene idea have since abandoned it, although the idea still has some adherents. For the most part, the genetic link between genes and obesity remains murky. Since 1994, more than fifty genes have been linked to obesity; however, none of them is considered the arbiter of a person's weight. Likewise, although a few genes have been associated with diabetes, none seems to influence the risk of developing diabetes in the majority of people. A better argument can be made for modern foods being incompatible with our ancient genes." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"On my journey, I also discovered functional medicine, where I learned about the importance of the environment and its effect on gene activity. I had been taught in medical school to think that your genes are carved in stone and that the diseases you get are determined by them. We now know that for the most part this is not true. The new science of epigenetics has shown that genetic activity is determined by your responses to the environment. In other words, how you live your life determines how your genes are expressed." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"The thrifty gene idea might work for bears hibernating over the winter, but it doesn't seem to be relevant to people. Overweight people can die of starvation just as quickly as skinny people, so storing body fat offers no real biological advantage. In fact, the scientists who originally proposed the thrifty gene idea have since abandoned it, although the idea still has some adherents. For the most part, the genetic link between genes and obesity remains murky. Since 1994, more than fifty genes have been linked to obesity; however, none of them is considered the arbiter of a person's weight." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"This damage can alter cellular machinery and might turn on a tumor-promoter gene and/or turn off a tumor-suppressor gene. One of the first discovered genes that fulfilled this role was called ^53, and it has been implicated in many different cancers as a tumor-suppressor gene: it protects against cancer.35 If you are unlucky enough to sustain a hit to this gene early in life, you are at higher risk for developing one of the many cancers it protects you from. Not only can you turn off tumor-suppressor genes, you can turn on rumor-promoter genes—a deadly combination." - Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki, The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health (Get the book.)

"Geneticists at DeCode Genetics say the gene is carried by approximately 13% of men of European ancestry and may raise a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by approximately 60%. The gene variant probably accounts for 8% of all cases of the disease, they say. The gene is also twice as common in African-American men as in Caucasian men, helping to explain "a significant part" of why prostate cancer is more prevalent in African-Americans, DeCode's chief executive officer, Dr. Kari Ste-fansson, says. ." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Scientists can now even genetically engineer a mouse to be obese by giving it two copies of a superfat OB gene.9 But mice aside, the real question is how relevant genes are in terms of the average person's weight. How do genes affect you? The truth is, only marginally —if you follow a healthy lifestyle. During the years between 1991 and 1998, there was a 50 percent rise in obesity in the United States.10 Genes? Certainly human genes hadn't changed dramatically—if, indeed, at all—during those eight years. In fact, for most of human history, obesity was a non-issue." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.)

"For example, the trace mineral selenium, of which most Americans have dangerously low levels, is intimately involved with controlling a particular gene in your liver, an organ that not only helps detoxify poisons but also regulates the growth or inhibition of cancer cells. Vitamin C, also found in green leaves, is essential to rebuild collagen breaks in your blood vessels and skin. The sun's rays cause wrinkles, which are one kind of collagen break. (Add vitamin C to your face cream and those wrinkles vanish, or at least diminish." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Luca Deiana, a local politician who headed the Akea study, one of the first investigations of Sardinian centenarians {akea is a Sardinian greeting that means roughly "may you live to be 100") pointed us in the direction of the G6PD gene. A defect on the gene is connected to favism, a disease triggered by consuming fava beans. We know the G6PD gene also protects some Sardinians from malaria, said geneticist Dr. Antonio Cao, who was himself a poster boy of healthy aging at 78. Diet probably plays an important role, he added. "Bar-bagia is not like the rest of the Mediterranean." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Kandel writes: "The regulation of gene expression by social factors makes all bodily functions, including all functions of the brain, susceptible to social influences." The difficulty is that people, even scientists, confuse these two functions of genes. Kandel has said, "People who are not scientists think that genes are the ultimate controllers of behavior, but what they don't realize is that environment can alter the expression of genes and thereby modify the anatomical structure of the brain—and of course, Aplysia was the first to reveal that." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Roughly one-third of the world's population is nor lactose intolerant because about 3,000 years ago a Siberian yak herder was born with a simple mutation in the gene that normally shuts down lactase after infancy. This guy could continue to get nourishment from yak milk without the unpleasant side effects, allowing him to store more fat for the winter, so he survived but his lactose-intolerant buddies may not have been so lucky. His descendants kept this advantage." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "In fact, the clock gene (yes, that's its real name) has been found in all animals, including humans. In summer, when animals are exposed to more sunlight, they sleep less; the reverse happens in winter. All animals follow this pattern, including you and me. Before our ancestors mastered the skill of starting a fire, the setting of the sun meant it was time for bed. Even after acquiring this ability, with fuel in short supply, they didn't light up the night (perhaps we'll relearn that wisdom, one of these days)." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"This damage can alter cellular machinery and might turn on a tumor-promoter gene and/or turn off a tumor-suppressor gene. One of the first discovered genes that fulfilled this role was called ^53, and it has been implicated in many different cancers as a tumor-suppressor gene: it protects against cancer.35 If you are unlucky enough to sustain a hit to this gene early in life, you are at higher risk for developing one of the many cancers it protects you from. Not only can you turn off tumor-suppressor genes, you can turn on rumor-promoter genes—a deadly combination." - Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki, The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health (Get the book.)

"E-3, which is the most common apo-E gene, is linked to possible risk of Alzheimer's. Because you inherited two copies of all of your genes—one from each of your parents—you have one of six possible combinations of these three apo E genes. The worst genetic fate you can have is to carry two E-4 genes, as does 2 to 3 percent of the population. If you do, you may have up to a 90-percent chance of having Alzheimer's by age eighty. However, I believe you can reduce these odds by engaging in a brain longevity program. The best genetic fate you could have is to carry two E-2 genes." - Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory (Get the book.)

"The presence of a particular gene or allele offers clues as to whether a patient may respond to a certain diet, medication, or supplement. If you know your genetic profile, including inherent genetic weaknesses, you can take specific steps to neutralize the impact of these weaknesses. "The great power of this technology is its potential to deliver a personalized risk message to patients who might not otherwise comply with what we as doctors tell them," says Richard M. Delany, a cardiologist in Milton, Massachusetts, who routinely uses genetic testing in his preventive medicine practice. " - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The idea is that members of the family who have asthma or allergies should be carrying a gene that non-allergic relatives do not have. A group of scientists in Oxford believe they have isolated the gene responsible on Chromosome 11. The most recent research shows that genes may also be linked to 'airway twitchiness' (see page 24) as well as allergic responses. Knowing where an allergy gene is (and there may be more than one, still to be found) does not, however, mean that at present asthma or allergies can be reliably prevented from developing. There is hope, though." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"If you can drink milk without adverse effects, you're actually a mutant and your lactose-intolerant friends carry the "normal" gene. There's another, hidden downside to milk. It contains a hormone called insulin-like growth hormone (IGF), designed to stimulate cells to grow. All mammals secrete IGF into their milk to make their offspring grow quickly. This is great for an infant, but continue to consume IGF as you age and certain cells are continuously stimulated to grow—namely, breast gland cells, prostate gland cells, colon cells, skin cells, and cells lining your blood vessels and joints." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"British biologist Rupert Sheldrake has mounted one of the most constant and vociferous challenges to this approach, arguing that gene activation and proteins no more explain the development of form than delivering building materials to a building site explains the structure of the house built there. Current genetic theory also doesn't explain, he says, how a developing system can self-regulate, or grow normally in the course of development if a part of the system is added or removed, and doesn't explain how an organism regenerates - replacing missing or damaged structures." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"Rossi's comments of this exchange: "Evidence of psycho-biological arousal and behavioral state-related gene expression.... The therapist wonders how to engage the psychogenomic dynamics of immunological variables such as interleukin-1, 2, and IB associated with Cox-2 that has been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis that is Celeste's presenting condition." Rossi: {Celeste's hand...surprisingly forms a fist]. Oh my goodness? Something new seems to be happening? Celeste: Yeah!... Rossi: Wow! Yes, something new is beginning to happen! [Celeste now extends her fingers up into the air}...." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"And with the advent of gene technology, and the possibility of screening newborns for all their future diseases, a whole new world of testing awaits us all.41 The UK health advocacy group GeneWatch has already raised concern that the biotech and pharmaceutical industry may be gearing up to promote widespread genetic testing for common diseases "because it allows them to expand the market for both genetic tests and preventive medication." This group's worry is that mass gene screening may spark a new level of inappropriate medicalization, as we have already seen with osteoporosis. " - Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients (Get the book.)

"Regulation of insulin-like growth factor I gene expression by growth hormone," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:9343-9347, 1986. 7. A. Sekyi-Otu et al. "Metastatic behavior of the RIF-1 murine fibrosarcoma: Inhibited by hypophysectomy and partially restored by growth hormone replacement," J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 86: 628-632, 1994. 8. J. Isgaard et al. "Pulsatile intravenous growth hormone (GH) infusion to hypophysectomized rats increases insulin-like growth factor I messenger ribonucleic acid in skeletal tissues more effectively than continuous GH infusion," Endocrinology 123:2605-2610, 1988. 9." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"So the next time you hear a news headline saying researchers found a gene for some disease, you know that's hogwash! There's no gene for cancer, there is no gene for heart disease. There are only nutritional influences that when followed for long enough, can either create health or disease in each of these body systems. You are programmed for perfect health So I want you to look in the mirror and realize that your genetic code has programmed you to experience optimum human health. You do not have to even understand how it works." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Although the gene encoding IGF-1 is expressed in many tissues, most circulating IGF-1 is produced by liver cells where transcription is regulated by a complex hypothalamic- pituitary-hepatic axis (6, 7). IGF-1 is also synthesized at the local level by both normal and malignant cells (7, 8). It should be further noted that the amino acid sequences of human and bovine IGF-1 are identical (9, 10)." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"A group of scientists in Oxford believe they have isolated the gene responsible on Chromosome 11. The most recent research shows that genes may also be linked to 'airway twitchiness' (see page 24) as well as allergic responses. Knowing where an allergy gene is (and there may be more than one, still to be found) does not, however, mean that at present asthma or allergies can be reliably prevented from developing. There is hope, though." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Lipton wrote, "Studies of protein synthesis reveal that epigenetic [above the level of genes] 'dials' can create 2000 or more variations of [regulatory] proteins from the same gene blueprint."13 The blueprint of life, then, may not be DNA, but rather our cells' ability (intelligence) to communicate with the environment. Cells are not isolated bags of fluid that are containers for life's engine (DNA) but rather are the receiver-antenna systems—the broadcast stations? for sending instructions to DNA by monitoring environments both internal to the body and external to it." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"The ticker tape in turn is taken from the great ticker tape registry, namely our genome. One gene, one bit of ticker tape, one protein. Tishing for receptors <-*^ When the gene message used by cells to make adrenalin receptors became known twenty years ago, people started looking for other such receptors. This is done by making short artificial bits of gene and 'fishing' for complementary bits in the genome. It works because our genes are made up of two complementary strands, so that when a cell divides each gets one strand and then makes up the other strand for an exact match." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

"The investigators correlated the incidence of two variants of the 5-HTT gene and depression and found that inheriting the genes only increased the risk of depression in people. The "bad" gene did not produce depression in those who had not suffered major stresses. The author noted, "We all have a responsibility to create environments that interact benignly with our genes." Another aspect of this problem was enunciated by Stephen J. Gould, who wrote in Natural History, "An unfortunate but regrettable common stereotype about science divides the profession into two domains of different status." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"Lipton cloned human muscle cells and removed the nuclei from the cells with all the gene material. Without any genes to control the cell, it did the unexpected. It acted like a normal cell. It couldn't reproduce or repair itself, but it did function—without genes to instruct it on what to do. What Dr. Lipton discovered is that cells are like computer chips: programmable biological matter. Our genes, our DNA are programs and our cells react not only from within but also from without. Cells respond to the environment they exist in." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"The research behind Soul Medicine illuminates links between gene expression, electromagnetic energy transfer and signaling, quantum mechanics, string theory, and human consciousness. It demonstrates a sound theoretical framework, based on credible experiments, for understanding these healing breakthroughs, and predicts that these techniques will dramatically advance the fields of medicine and psychology in the coming decade. Therapies and Practitioners Through the web site at www.SoulMedicineInstitute.org, you can find links to the web sites of each of these new therapies." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"According to bioenergetics theory, before any illness can take hold in the body or before a gene is "turned on" to express itself as the cause of a genetic error or predisposition to a genetic disease, there usually is a problem with Source energy. If your Source energy is strong, your body does what it is designed to do, which is work properly and keep you healthy. So just the fact that you are expressing symptoms of illness provides a clue that your Source energy may be low." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

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