Can Nutrition Change Our Genetics? No Doubt

We are born with a genetic "blueprint," and the argument goes that our bodies must grow and develop according to this blueprint without change; our fate is locked. Right?

Wrong!

Just because we may be born with a genetic disposition toward Alzheimer's, heart attack, stroke, or diabetes does not mean that we are destined to have these diseases. In spite of our genetic blueprint, we can most definitely take action to stop these diseases from manifesting.

How Can Genetics Be Changed?

Just because we may carry a gene that predisposes us to a certain disease does not mean that we will "get" the disease. This is because these genes have to be "turned on" for the disease to occur. As long a gene that makes us prone to a disease is "off," we are safe.

Now the question becomes, "How do we turn genes on and off?" Research shows that there are multiple factors that affect whether a gene is on or off, which include:

stress
physical trauma
environmental agents and toxins
NUTRITION

The word "nutrition" is capitalized because studies have shown it to be the most effective factor in determining whether genes are on or off, so much so that good nutrition can override chemical and environmental triggers for disease-causing genes.

Two Examples of Genes Being Turned On or Off by Nutrition

It's well known in the scientific community that the juvenile diabetes (type I) gene is turned on in children who frequently drink cow's milk or eat foods high in MSG. Yet children who eat a healthy diet high in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals tend not to get juvenile diabetes.

At the other end of the spectrum, research shows that the development of cancer is the result of many genes being switched on over a period of time, making older people more likely to develop cancer. Phytochemicals, the colored pigments in plants that protects them from the harmful effects of UV radiation, have been shown to inhibit the activation of cancer genes or by preventing the cancer gene's instructions from reaching its destination.

For instance, one kind of cancer gene may send instructions to certain enzymes to produce a special protein that will promote the growth of cancer. In the presence of phytochemicals, however, those instructions never reach their destination, the special protein is not formed, and cancer never occurs.

Blue-Green Algae: One of the Richest Sources of Genetic Nutrition

Blue-green algae is one of the richest sources of phytochemicals on the planet, for very good reason. About 2.5 to 3.8 billion years ago, when blue-green algae was Earth's only inhabitant, the effect of solar radiation was immense since the planet's protective ozone layer was less than 1% of present levels. To survive the sun without being burned to a crisp, blue-green algae had to develop powerful antioxidant pigments and protective agents.

Today blue-green algae, especially aphanizomenon flos-aqua (AFA) algae, remains one of the most dense sources of phytochemicals, as well as providing 20 amino acids our cells need to repair damaged DNA and RNA. In fact, nucleic acids (the ones needed to repair DNA and RNA) form between four and seven percent of the algae's dry weight. Taking blue-green algae thus doubly protects our bodies from harmful genes by:


Preventing harmful genes from being turned on
Repairing damaged DNA and RNA, which prevents harmful genes from being turned on by mutation

Nutrition for Your DNA and RNA

Taking in the amino acids that make up our DNA and RNA keeps our genetic material health. In laboratory tests, mice in injected with RNA and DNA lived almost twice as long as those not injected.

If you don't feel like injecting yourself with amino acids everyday, the good news is that you can take them orally. Scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine demonstrated that when blue green algae was taken orally, large quantities of nucleic amino acids survived the digestive process and were integrated at the cellular level.

So these days, when there are so many environmental toxins to worry about, not to mention high levels of stress, you can do one simple thing to protect, support, and enhance your genetic blueprint...

... eat AFA blue green algae.

How simple can it get?

SUPERFOOD CALLED BLUE GREEN ALGAE

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Alan Joel is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine and nutritional counselor. He is also an independent distributor of Simplexity Health, producer of all-natural blue-green algae products for people, pets, and plants. For free health tips and to order blue-green algae products online at wholesale prices, visit [http://www.prosperity-abounds.com]http://www.prosperity-abounds.com. Read more about natural health on the blog at [http://prosperity-abounds.blogspot.com]http://prosperity-abounds.blogspot.com.

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