No, this is not about politics, but I am glad you clicked on the blog.
This is about EPIGENETICS, or “above genetics.” We may decrease the risk genetic so-called programming to manifest itself by managing stress, health diets, and exercise.
References
Patients can overcome genetic risk for type 2 diabetes through healthy diet, regular exercise
“HealthDay (8/9/24, Thompson) reported, “Folks can overcome their genetic risk for type 2 diabetes through healthy diet and regular exercise, a new study says.” Specifically, researchers discovered that “a healthy lifestyle reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 70% among a group of people with a high genetic likelihood of developing the metabolic disorder,” and these healthy behaviors “had a greater impact on their risk than it did for people with a low genetic propensity for type 2 diabetes.” The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.”
| Predictive Brain J. Scientific American, August 12, 2024 |
| “The idea that human brains react to stress with either a fight, flight or freeze response may be outdated. New research shows that the brain region called the periaqueductal gray (PAG), long thought to control the fight-or-flight response, regulates elements of the limbic system (like the heart and lungs) at all times, when emotions are high or in deep sleep. What this means: Decades of research point to the brain being far more predictive than reactive. The brain is constantly at work evaluating uncertainty in the world (where will my next meal come from? Do these people accept me in the in-group?) and crafting automatic responses that kick in when required. What the experts say: Too much uncertainty in a person’s daily experience (whether the stress of world events, or striving to meet basic needs) strains the brain’s prediction circuits and can be metabolically draining, writes Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. “These feelings don’t emerge from mythical, overtaxed fight-or-flight circuits. They may just mean, in an ever changing and only partly predictable world, that you’re doing something really hard.” |
