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"THE VERY WORST CHOLESTEROL Here's one more example of how our genes use us for their own purposes. About 25 percent of us carry a gene that codes for the manufacture of a particularly small, deadly type of cholesterol known as lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a). Many doctors haven't heard of what I call "bad cholesterol with an attitude," and even if he or she has, your doctor has been taught that neither statin drugs nor dietary changes have any effect on it and therefore they don't bother testing you for it." - 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.) "Despite what you have been told about how important your genes are in determining your risk of high cholesterol, and in how trans fats elevate your LDL, my research has demonstrated that the sugar and starches in foods you eat almost completely determine your cholesterol levels and the ratio of good to bad cholesterol.5 The All-Am eric an Doughnut Lover II 111 1 1 I Mr. All-American in high school, all-state in three sports, and recently honored as one of the all-time best athletes of his state, my friend Jed served in the Marine Corps before becoming a successful businessman." - 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.) "Enter Lp(a), which "spackles" holes in damaged blood vessels, allowing our northern European forbears to survive scurvy and reproduce, ensuring the ongoing life of their genes. So far so good. But Lp(a) is such a good spackling compound that it just keeps piling on any damaged area, which means that people with Lp(a) usually develop severe premature coronary artery disease. Why has this gene persisted if it's so lethal? By now you should know." - 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.)

"Several analyses of the locations on the genes that are shared by siblings indicate abnormalities in detoxification enzymes. This would lead to susceptibilities to environmental exposures to substances that could then lead to the increase in the disease. Other insights have included that the genes involved are associated with tumor suppressor genes. If these tumor suppressor genes are affected, there is susceptibility to abnormal tissue growth, such as the endometriosis." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Like everyone else who has followed Diet Evolution, when she changed the incoming message to her genes, telling them, "winter is here, burn fat," she experienced a dramatic drop in her cholesterol. Fran's cancer indicators had been rising, but when I saw her six months after starting Diet Evolution, her counts were the lowest they had been in years. So am I also saying that all that sugar was feeding her cancer? It sure looks that way. sugar rises quickly, what does your body assume has happened? Right: You've just found the ultimate fruit tree; winter is coming; time to store fat." - 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.)

"Am I condemned by my genes to have heart disease?" This time, the answer is an emphatic NO. If you maintain a cholesterol level under 150 mg/dL, or LDL under 80 mg/dL, you— and all the other relatives who inherited these genes—will be free of heart disease. Recall, once again, the house fire analogy I ask my patients to consider. If you do not throw any fuel at all on that fire, it cannot burn. To paraphrase William Shakespeare, the fault is not in our genes, but in ourselves and the way we eat. And that brings me to a frequently asked question that gets a chapter all its own." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"How do genes work? genes are the code for all proteins made by our bodies, and proteins determine nearly everything about how our bodies look, feel, and function. Not only are proteins the major building blocks, literally the structures that make up most of our cells, they are among the many messengers from one cell to another, directing blood flow traffic, running metabolism, digestion, reproduction, respiration, rebuilding, repair, immune activation, and almost everything else! So, in essence, genes are the recipes for these proteins. But, they are not the chefs." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Not even one-millionth of 1% of that increase can be related to genes. genes evolve over hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of years. That means that the so-called cancer gene has had no impact on the huge increase we've seen since 1900. 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." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"We are now also starting to be able to associate changes in the brain with changes in genetic state; as certain genes are activated, certain areas of the brain show increased activity. This genetic activation produces many other changes in our cells. Candace Pert, Ph.D., author of Molecules of Emotion, calls this loop between environment and cells the psychosomatic network. Through the psychosomatic network, thoughts and emotions are transformed into physiological effects. In the other direction loop, physiological experiences can translate into mental and emotional states." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"More than 30 oncogenes and 10 tumor suppressor genes have been discovered to date (Greenwald, etal., 1995). 2.1.2 Viruses Proto-oncogenes are genes that, upon overexpres-sion, become oncogenes. In normal cells, proto-oncogenes may be expressed in a regulated fashion and 1 A number of natural agents may stimulate DNA repair. For example, extracts of Panax ginseng (ren shen) can inhibit cancer formation in hamster lung cells exposed to alkylating chemotherapy agents or a number of other carcinogenic chemicals. This inhibition is due, in part, to enhanced DNA repair (Rhee et al., 1991)." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"Learning experiences and other highly attentive states of awareness switch on the expression of genes that stimulate the for mation of new neurons. While most of our organs stop growing in our late teens, our brains—with the ongoing stimulation of new behavior, discovery, physical exercise, novel environments, and fresh new memories—are a teeming mass of creation our whole lives." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.) "For instance, molecular biomarkers, "signatures of genes or proteins that are specific to a disease,"1 allow diagnosis of many conditions long before they might show up on an X-ray or manifest as symptoms. Testing for biomarkers is also non-invasive and safe. Biomarkers have the potential to allow early detection of cancer and other diseases, and biomarker-based tests are expected to become widespread in the coming decades. Dr." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"We are the chefs because we create much of the biochemical environment in which our genes function through the combination of our life experiences, including everything we eat, everything we think, and everything we do. Because of this, we are instrumental in encouraging certain genes to express themselves while suppressing others. While we may always have a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure or high cholesterol, we can exercise, eat healthfully, not smoke, take necessary medications, and implement the nine practices in the Brilliant Health model." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"In 2000, Risch attributed the "unfulfilled promise" of molecular genetic research in psychiatry to the "century-old debate between Mendelists and bio-metricists": The gene mutations studied by Mendel, and those more recently discovered by positional cloning, are those with large effect and strong genotype-phenotype correlations. They are effectively the "low-hanging fruit" that are easy to harvest. Now, however, we are left with the great majority of the fruit at the top of the tree with no obvious way to reach it." - Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.) "DSM-IV-TR.7 Simply put, these sources constitute the authoritative texts of psychiatry and abnormal psychology. Table 5.1 43 TEXTBOOKS SURVEYED IN THIS CHAPTER Authors/Editors Title Year Psychiatry Textbooks Andreasen Brave New Brain 2001 D'haenen et al. (Eds.) Biological Psychiatry (Vol. 1) 2002 Gelder et al. Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (3rd ed.) 1996 Gelder et al. (Eds.) New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry 2000 Hales et al. (Eds.) Textbook of Psychiatry (3rd ed.) 1999 Hill et al. (Eds.) Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry 1986 Judd &: Groves (Eds." - Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.)

"We say these people are the fortunate ones, blessed with good genes, genes that keep them healthy, strong, fit, looking young, and happy. But only a small part of their good fortune can be genetic. (Some researchers believe that genetics only account for 5 to 15 percent of the factors that determine lifespan.) In actuality, our health and the length of our life are primarily determined by the availability of metabolic energy." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Since I have his genes, why should I change?" That question brings to mind an analogy: depending strictly on your genes to keep you safe while living a high-fat lifestyle is much like getting through a busy four-way intersection that has no traffic signs or stoplights; a few people will make it across unscathed, but many more will be injured—or will perish. The grandfather living on fat is obviously someone with a good cholesterol clearance mechanism and strong artery linings that resist breakdown and deposits of fatty plaque." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"He further argued that cancer was not so much the result of dysfunctional genes as it was the result of genetic damage that highly reactive free radicals caused.7 For the past twenty-five years, researchers have believed that abnormal genes are the driving force behind all cancers. But now researchers are beginning to believe instead that individuals with certain genes are simply more vulnerable to oxidative stress than others. This may explain the familial patterns of many types of cancer." - Ray D. Strand, What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You (Get the book.)

"There are as yet no tests that can be done to check whether any particular child is likely to develop asthma (although research is currently trying to discover exactly which genes and chromosomes are linked to the incidence of asthma, and a test may be possible in the future), but it is agreed that asthma runs in families. Asthma is also linked to allergies: families with histories of allergies are likely to have asthmatic members, and asthma and eczema are commonly found together. Even though your family may carry the genes for asthma it does not necessarily mean your child will have asthma." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"If these tumor suppressor genes are affected, there is susceptibility to abnormal tissue growth, such as the endometriosis. Aberrantly expressed genes can also occur during the time of implantation, which may be an explanation for some of the cases of endometriosis-associated infertility. Other genetic errors may occur in multistep fashion involving both the development and the progression of the disease.24 Environmental Factors Information about environmental influences on endometriosis in humans has been gleaned by observing the negative effects of environmental exposures to rhesus monkeys." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Research groups have been trying to pin down the 'asthma gene' in susceptible families by analysing their chromosomes (the long strings of genetic material in the nuclei of cells that carry the genes). 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." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Do you know whether the tomato has fish genes, or your corn has genes from bacteria? Is this a problem? Often, problems with this kind of experimenting can be observed in nature first. As an example, it is now being discovered that pollen from genetically modified corn can kill monarch butterflies.23 There is long-term concern that pollen from bio-engineered crops will spread and kill beneficial insects as well as create strains of superweeds that are totally-resistant to pesticides." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"The prevailing view when he was a graduate student was: Your fate is sealed, and you are at the mercy of your genes. In a research experiment exploring the causes of the devastating disease muscular dystrophy, Dr. 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." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"Some genes (oncogenes) can transform normal cells into cancer cells. Some of these genes have been identified in cancer-causing viruses. In the early 1900s, investigators discovered that cancer could be transferred between animals by injecting healthy laboratory animals with cell-free extracts from cancer-bearing animals, thereby implicating a viral cause. Although viruses do not appear to initiate the majority of human cancers, a few viruses that cause cancer in humans have been identified. • Some genes (tumor suppressor genes), when inactive lead to the development of cancer. Table 2." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"These free radicals react with and damage proteins and fats in the cell, as well as with nuclear DNA, the source of most of our genes. At the same time, a multiplicity of other deleterious changes occur. Consumption of excess calories, particularly starches and sugars, increases both blood-glucose and insulin levels. Glucose, particularly when elevated to prediabetic and diabetic levels, autooxidizes—that is, begins a chain reaction that generates more free radicals." - Jack Challem, Feed Your genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing genes and Slow Down Aging (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.)

"These same genes, staying behind in the cells of our early ancestors, evolved in a different way. Now they have normal functions in our cells and are referred to as proto-oncogenes. These proto-oncogenes are presumed to be normal parent forms of oncogenes. Theoretically—and this is not proven—if they are altered or mutated, they are transformed into oncogenes. Cultured cell lines are fragile and mutate easily, and even altering the nutrients in the culture can cause alterations in the cells and cancer-like transformations." - Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A., Healing Pets With Nature's Miracle Cures (Get the book.)

"Some of these genes have been identified in cancer-causing viruses. In the early 1900s, investigators discovered that cancer could be transferred between animals by injecting healthy laboratory animals with cell-free extracts from cancer-bearing animals, thereby implicating a viral cause. Although viruses do not appear to initiate the majority of human cancers, a few viruses that cause cancer in humans have been identified. • Some genes (tumor suppressor genes), when inactive lead to the development of cancer. Table 2.1 contains a partial list of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"Ibid., p. 7. 2. Ibid., p. 9. 3. Risch, 2000, p. 850. The reason that Risch and others believe that there is "fruit at the top of the tree" can be summed up in two words: twin research. Due to their unshaken faith in this research and its underlying assumptions, they refuse to consider the possibility that there is no fruit at the top of the tree. It is ironic that, whereas Gregor Mendel did not need twins to make his landmark discoveries, psychiatric geneticists' misguided faith in twin research has led them into a blind alley." - Jay Joseph, The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes (Get the book.)

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