Quotes about Genes from the world's top natural health / natural living authors
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 "Other genes, known to be tumor suppressor genes, inhibit cell division or stimulate apoptosis, thus preventing cancer. One's risk of cancer depends in large part on the relative activity of oncogenes versus tumor suppressor genes.
Several groups of molecular biologists have been investigating the actions of two genes named Bcl-2 and p53. Bcl-2 is the name of a proto-oncogene. Gene p53 is the name of a tumor suppressor gene. It is now well established that Bcl-2 production inhibits apoptosis and thereby promotes breast, ovary, endometrial, prostate cancer, and follicular B cell lymphoma."- John Lee, Jesse Hanley, Virginia Hopkins, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life From Thirty to Fifty (Get the book.) |
 "At the beginning of the six-month period, researchers found significant differences between older and younger participants in the expression of six hundred genes, indicating that these genes become either more or less active with age. By the end of the six months, exercise had changed the expression of a third of them—namely those that are involved in the functioning of mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells that process nutrients into energy. This further underscores how exercise can help the detoxification process."- Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) |
 "Meanwhile, elevated levels of insulin promote the activity of a variety of genes involved in inflammation and stress-hormone responses. This gene activity may be increased further through injuries and infections and by psychological stresses.
Inflammation, while necessary to protect against infection and to initiate healing, may become systemic, particularly if the diet is low in antioxidants and antiinflammatory fats (such as omega-3 fish oils and gamma-linolenic acid)."- Jack Challem, Feed Your genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing genes and Slow Down Aging (Get the book.) |
 "Culture and society change fast, while genes change slowly: no more than one half of one percent of the human genetic endowment is likely to alter in an entire century. Hence most of our genes date from the Stone Age or before; they could help us to live in the jungles of nature but not in the jungles of civilization. Today's economic, social, and technological environment is our own creation, and only the creativity of our mind—our culture, spirit, and consciousness?could enable us to cope with it."- Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.) |
| "As people age and acquire genetic damage, their genes become less stable and reliable, leading to incorrect genetic programming and increased cellular malfunctioning. The two most common causes of death in developed nations are heart disease and cancer, both of which reflect gene-based defects in immune function and related biochemistry. Neither heart disease nor cancer—or any other age-related degenerative disease, for that matter—results from the failure of a single gene." - Jack Challem, Feed Your genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing genes and Slow Down Aging (Get the book.) |
 "He explains how it's important to break up linkages between genes, and how some genes may actually exist in fruits but may not be expressing themselves and how different DNA must be lined together in order to make hidden traits come to life.
"I think I understand," I say.
"I wish I did!" he answers. "The further you go the more you realize how little you really know. The wealth of information is ever-expanding. Learning about fruits is like entering a funnel from the bottom—as you get into it, it keeps getting wider and wider."
He then opens a drawer on his desk and pulls out an envelope."- Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) |
 "Our early ancestors who got bored with berries—even if they were plentiful—and foraged for seeds and other foods consumed the variety of nutrients they needed to reproduce and pass on their genes to future generations. The early humans who ate berry after berry after berry—and nothing else—tended not to reproduce and pass on their genes. In this way, the traits and tendencies conducive to survival, favored by natural selection and encoded in our genes, have been passed down through the generations."- David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.) |
 "ADHD, emphasis should be on the description of endophenotypes."4 Several cognitive traits have been proposed as possible markers to be studied. But as was discussed earher, if a DSM-type diagnosis is inadequate for gene searches, it is also inadequate for marker studies. Once again, molecular genetic research has entered a theoretical blind aUey.
We recaU from Chapter 2 that Peter Breggin has observed that ADHD is "simply a list of behaviors that require extra attention from teachers." Despite my respect for Breggin's work, when I first read this I felt Breggin couldn't be right."- Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.) |
 "They provide a link between our thoughts and our bodies, between biology and psychology, and are an important piece of the puzzle of how psychological states can affect our bodies, and vice versa. They also explain how psychotherapy, prayer, worship, and social rituals can have positive effects on our physical wellbeing. They offer a pathway by which we can influence physical health by immersing ourselves in behavioral states that promote health, and avoiding behavioral states that can hurt us."- Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.) |
 "And that means that virtually 90% of all the cancer that we see today cannot possibly have anything to do with genes. And of that 10% that's left, only a certain percentage of that relates to the unknown cancer gene. That means, quite simply, that at best, genes were responsible for only a small percentage of the minimal cancer rates we had in the early 1900s, and that finding the "cancer gene" will affect only that tiny percentage of cancer. Bottom line: look not for a cure in the cancer gene.
3."- Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) |
 "This signaling activates certain genes in the host tissue that, in turn, make proteins to encourage growth of new blood vessels.
Fortunately, maitake's beta-glucans can prevent this process by stimulating tumor necrosis factor. Maitake D-fraction was observed to affect angiogenesis in vivo and to enhance the proliferation capability and migration capability of human vascular endothelial cell in vitro. The D-fraction also increased plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentration significantly."- Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) |
| "These genes are not usually present in the more common late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
However, the apolipoprotein E4 (APOE E4) gene has been consistently associated with a higher risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Apolipoprotein E is a constituent of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the blood's carrier of vitamin E, vitamin A, and carotenoids. People with the APOE E4 gene also have elevated cholesterol levels and a higher risk of coronary heart disease." - Jack Challem, Feed Your genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing genes and Slow Down Aging (Get the book.) |
 "They would say that time and genes were just running their course. I would routinely dispense a diagnosis and then send patients down the symptom-curbing path of anti-inflammatory drugs, pain medications, antidepressants, and sleep aids. Unfortunately, I saw that my own interventions often did little to stabilize or alleviate my patients' problems, so I searched for clues that would help me better understand this symptom/disease bundle.
That was when serendipity brought me into the loop: I began to experience some of the very same symptoms that plagued my patients."- James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) |
 "But when you have one person with a family history of an enzyme weakness and another person with related genes who goes into a deep depression after having been exposed to a bad environmental onslaught, you have to at least consider that the two events are causally related."
These kinds of stories are a wake-up call. Today we assume everyone is so aware of and concerned about pesticides, but that is really not the case. I'm a good example myself.
For fifteen years, I didn't eat an orange or an apple because I was allergic."- Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) |
 "These and many more examples of nutraceuticals that can help you influence the expression of your genes are discussed in chapter 8.
THE BOTTOM LINE
We introduced a lot of information in this chapter, but the take-home message is this: If you want to prevent, reverse, or better manage diabetes and its complications, you need to focus on and better understand the core causes of the disease itself and the cause of diabetes-induced damage—beta-cell dysfunction, insulin resistance, and glycation/glycotoxins."- Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) |
 "Of course, homeopathy, carried to its logical extreme, suggests that the disease history may be carried in the genes from generation to generation, since genes can carry information and energy. In this sense, the deep implications of homeopathy bring us to "spirits" (info-energy systems) and "fate" (the accumulation of history that plays a role in our destiny). In this sense, homeopathy in particular, and the systemic memory process in general, may always remain weird as in the deep and correct meaning of the word."- Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. S. Russek, The Living Energy Universe (Get the book.) |
 "It is believed that the susceptibility gene resides in the sixth chromosome and the major alleles that suggest risk are HLA-DR3, HLA-DW3, HLA-DR4, HLA-DW4, HLA-B8, and HLA-B15. The genes do play a role. The onset of Type-1 seems to be linked with an environmental insult, an allergen, or a virus that initiates this process in genetically susceptible people.
These insults create an inflammation response, called insulinitis. What happens is that the activated T-lymphocytes infiltrate the islet cells in the pancreas."- Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
 "But classical physics or biology could not account for such fundamental issues as how we can think in the first place; why cells organize as they do; how many molecular processes proceed virtually instantaneously; why arms develop as arms and legs as legs, even though they have the same genes and proteins; why we get cancer; how this machine of ours can miraculously heal itself; and even what knowing is ?how it is that we know what we know. Scientists might understand in minute detail the screws, bolts, joints and various wheels, but nothing about the force that powers the engine."- Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.) |
| "Returning to Spindler, an important part of his research is that the short-term caloric restriction can turn on the majority of the anti-aging genes. He found that weight loss from caloric restriction improves insulin sensitivity, improves blood glucose values, decreases blood insulin levels, decreases heart rate, and improves blood pressure. In summary, Spindler's results, published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed:
?No matter what age you are you still get an anti-aging effect with calorie restriction
?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
| "In the nucleus of the cell, it sits as judge and jury, deciding which genes are turned on and which are turned off. We aren't just talking a seat on the front row—vitamin D and its partners vitamin A and DHA are conducting the orchestra.
Most people know that vitamin D is important in absorbing calcium from food. D's importance in the formation of bone and teeth in children is also widely known. In addition, vitamin D helps you build muscle and protects your brain cells from injury or inflammation." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "In part, vitamin D controls the genes and enzymes that can repair errors. Further, if errors slip past your body's quality-control officers, vitamin D may help to ensure that the bad parts or defective cells are destroyed, as a last-ditch form of quality control. The influence of diet on cancer risk is sometimes confusing. In general, you can lower your risk of gastrointestinal cancers if you eat fewer processed foods that are high in salt and saturated fat and low in fiber and if you increase your intake of fresh vegetables (particularly green, leafy vegetables) and fruits." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) |
 "Biologists steeped in the belief that DNA is the key to unlocking the mysteries of life have had to reconsider their position in light of the studies showing that genes are responding to information from the field surrounding them. What's important is that our beliefs—the electrical and magnetic waves created by our hearts—are part of that field. In other words, while DNA is certainly important—and is definitely a code that carries the language of life in our cells—there's another force that's telling it what to do."- Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.) "It's this huge reassessment that has led to an entire new branch of biology called epigenetics, defined as the study of "hidden influences upon the genes"—influences that can come from a number of sources, including the beliefs that control our DNA.8 This line of thinking is writing us back into the equation of life as powerful agents of change. These are the insights that will lead us to understand things such as the placebo effect and will explain why a man's belief about something that happened 2,000 years ago can manifest as the wounds on his body today." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.) |
 "Remember, if you feel that you've been dealt a bad set of genes or mitochondria, the awesome foursome will help you get on the right track to overcome a low energy existence. And remember, these nutrients will also strengthen your heart at the same time.
THE AWESOME FOURSOME OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Coenzyme Qio, L-carnitine, D-ribose, and magnesium are central to the metabolic health of tissue. Energy metabolism simply cannot continue without these essential participants. Each has a specific job and follows a different metabolic path."- Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) |
 "Still others suggest that brain aging could be caused by changes in the way genes are expressed, the failure to properly remove beta-amyloid proteins, a decrease in neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, dopamine, and serotonin, and dysfunction among the neurons' mitochondria, the small components in our cells that provide them with energy.6 All the mechanisms used to explain normal brain aging have also been implicated as causes for Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that there is no separate disease process to differentiate AD from brain aging."- Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) |
| "We're told that disorders such as schizophrenia and depression seem to be passed down from generation to generation, therefore it's in your genes. A lot of research talent and money is going into trying to find vaccines so that anyone with a genetic expression of a mental disease will be able to be vaccinated against it. Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) |
| "Indeed, unlike the three blind men, healers of aging patients in the twenty-first century must begin to widen their ken to perceive the "elephant in the room" in its full complexity rather than narrowing their gaze merely on degenerating brains, or on the genes that encode for proteins that gather on those brains. The paradigm of care must shift toward "wholism." We must begin to see persons with aging brains through a holistic, ecological lens—StoryBank promises to do so." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) |
| "The idea that mental illness is in the genes and can, therefore, be inherited, according to Dr. Colbert, "had its roots in the turn of the last century, when there was a strong emphasis on social Darwinism or Eugenics. There was an attempt to prove that defects are passed along, that one race is superior to the other race. So a lot of inheritance studies were developed—with a lot of errors in them—that began to show that mental illness sometimes runs in families.
They didn't consider other things that run in families—religion, accents, a lot of modeling of behavior." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "I'm sure it's in the genes that some people wear out faster than others. "Because food sensitivities often manifest themselves as cravings, we try to get people off the foods they crave. Chances are they may be sensitive to these foods, such that their sensitivity can manifest itself as fatigue and mental states tied to fatigue, such as irritability or frustration." Depression is often a reaction to fatigue. "People think they're getting old or sick, or that they're dying, because they don't have the energy they once had," Dr. Spreen says. "And depression causes a domino effect." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) |
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