Personalized Genetics: The Quote August 12, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Medicine, Personalized medicine.trackback
Genes load the gun. Lifestyle pulls the trigger.
“Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger. The idea that it’s all in your genes is nonsense. The human genome changes only one half of one percent every million years. The obesity epidemic is only about 30 years old, so changes in genes do not explain the recent dramatic rise in obesity, not only in this country but also worldwide.”
By Dr. David Heber, of UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.
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