Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

Today's medical researchers are exploring the far-reaching roles genes play in determining your risk for disease. Simply put, when your genes do their job properly, you enjoy good health; when they don't function properly, you are at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and other common diseases. Now, in the groundbreaking Feed Your Genes Right, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem has taken the latest findings of the emerging science of nutrigenomics—which explores the link between nutrition and our own genes, our own DNA—and translated them into practical eating plans and nutritional supplement recommendations to help you maximize your genetic inheritance, slow the aging process, and avoid diseases to which you may be genetically predisposed. Because you control the nutrients you consume, you can literally feed your genes right and prevent DNA damage while also losing weight, normalizing your blood sugar and insulin levels, and reducing inflammation.

In his reader-friendly and easy-to-understand style, Challem explains how nutrition affects your genes and your risk of disease, regardless of whether you have inherited "good" or "bad" genes. He then gives you a breakthrough nutritional program designed to enhance your DNA function and minimize your risk of common diseases and conditions ranging from arthritis, hypertension, Syndrome X and Alzheimer's to diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and many types of cancer. In Feed Your Genes Right, you'll discover:

  • what you should and should not eat
  • the disconnects between ancient genes and modern foods
  • how the right nutrients can repair flawed or damaged genes
  • the specific vitamins and supplements needed for healthy genes
  • how to reduce the effects of stress on your genes
  • nutritional recommendations for reducing genetic damage that occurs in aging, heart disease, certain inherited diseases, and many other conditions

Complete with easy-to-follow meal plans, delicious low-carb recipes, and guidelines for eating out, Feed Your Genes Right is the only book that lets you start improving your DNA and your health right away—setting the stage for an active, healthy, and long life.

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Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

Today's medical researchers are exploring the far-reaching roles genes play in determining your risk for disease. Simply put, when your genes do their job properly, you enjoy good health; when they don't function properly, you are at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and other common diseases. Now, in the groundbreaking Feed Your Genes Right, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem has taken the latest findings of the emerging science of nutrigenomics—which explores the link between nutrition and our own genes, our own DNA—and translated them into practical eating plans and nutritional supplement recommendations to help you maximize your genetic inheritance, slow the aging process, and avoid diseases to which you may be genetically predisposed. Because you control the nutrients you consume, you can literally feed your genes right and prevent DNA damage while also losing weight, normalizing your blood sugar and insulin levels, and reducing inflammation.

In his reader-friendly and easy-to-understand style, Challem explains how nutrition affects your genes and your risk of disease, regardless of whether you have inherited "good" or "bad" genes. He then gives you a breakthrough nutritional program designed to enhance your DNA function and minimize your risk of common diseases and conditions ranging from arthritis, hypertension, Syndrome X and Alzheimer's to diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and many types of cancer. In Feed Your Genes Right, you'll discover:

  • what you should and should not eat
  • the disconnects between ancient genes and modern foods
  • how the right nutrients can repair flawed or damaged genes
  • the specific vitamins and supplements needed for healthy genes
  • how to reduce the effects of stress on your genes
  • nutritional recommendations for reducing genetic damage that occurs in aging, heart disease, certain inherited diseases, and many other conditions

Complete with easy-to-follow meal plans, delicious low-carb recipes, and guidelines for eating out, Feed Your Genes Right is the only book that lets you start improving your DNA and your health right away—setting the stage for an active, healthy, and long life.

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Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging

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Overview

Today's medical researchers are exploring the far-reaching roles genes play in determining your risk for disease. Simply put, when your genes do their job properly, you enjoy good health; when they don't function properly, you are at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and other common diseases. Now, in the groundbreaking Feed Your Genes Right, renowned nutrition expert Jack Challem has taken the latest findings of the emerging science of nutrigenomics—which explores the link between nutrition and our own genes, our own DNA—and translated them into practical eating plans and nutritional supplement recommendations to help you maximize your genetic inheritance, slow the aging process, and avoid diseases to which you may be genetically predisposed. Because you control the nutrients you consume, you can literally feed your genes right and prevent DNA damage while also losing weight, normalizing your blood sugar and insulin levels, and reducing inflammation.

In his reader-friendly and easy-to-understand style, Challem explains how nutrition affects your genes and your risk of disease, regardless of whether you have inherited "good" or "bad" genes. He then gives you a breakthrough nutritional program designed to enhance your DNA function and minimize your risk of common diseases and conditions ranging from arthritis, hypertension, Syndrome X and Alzheimer's to diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and many types of cancer. In Feed Your Genes Right, you'll discover:

  • what you should and should not eat
  • the disconnects between ancient genes and modern foods
  • how the right nutrients can repair flawed or damaged genes
  • the specific vitamins and supplements needed for healthy genes
  • how to reduce the effects of stress on your genes
  • nutritional recommendations for reducing genetic damage that occurs in aging, heart disease, certain inherited diseases, and many other conditions

Complete with easy-to-follow meal plans, delicious low-carb recipes, and guidelines for eating out, Feed Your Genes Right is the only book that lets you start improving your DNA and your health right away—setting the stage for an active, healthy, and long life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780471706328
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 02/04/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 734 KB

About the Author

JACK CHALLEM, known as The Nutrition Reporter, publishes a health newsletter by the same name and is a contributing editor to Alternative Medicine, Body & Soul, and Let's Live magazines. He is the lead author of the bestselling Syndrome X and author of The Inflammation Syndrome.

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Table of Contents

Forewordix
Prefacexiii
Acknowledgmentsxvii
Part IThe Nutrition-Gene Connection1
1Your Genes Depend on Good Nutrition3
2DNA Damage, Aging, and Disease11
3Conflicts between Ancient Genes and Modern Foods27
Part IIGene-Enhancing Nutritional Supplements39
4Nutrients That Enhance Energy and Prevent DNA Damage41
5Nutrients That Make and Repair DNA57
6Nutrients That Protect DNA from Damage68
Part IIIGene-Enhancing Eating Plans91
7Dietary Guidelines for Feeding Your Genes Right93
8Recipes, Menu Plans, and Guidelines for Eating Out117
Part IVNutrition Plans for Protecting and Enhancing Your Genes139
9Stress, Genes, and Nutrition141
10Nutritional Recommendations for Specific Diseases, A to Z153
Afterword209
Appendix AGenetic and Nutrition Testing211
Appendix BResources for Supplements, Food, and Additional Information217
Selected References225
Index243
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