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so today I want to define a word

epigenetics in very simple terms now

you’re gonna hear a lot more about this

it’s a very exciting field but let me

just explain where it is so you have the

genes and genes are small sections of

the DNA the DNA is the blueprint

instructions for building a body and

this DNA gets copied as something called

RNA it’s a copy of the DNA and the DNA

is a double strand RNA would be a single

strand so there’s a little copy machine

that unzips this makes a copy to at once

and then the RNA goes outside the center

of the nucleus of the cell and goes to a

protein factory where it makes body

tissue different proteins so that’s

basically what DNA is and then a section

of the DNA would be a gene so this right

here would be compared to a CD on a CD

you have the song you have the artist

and you have the playlist in a certain

order another example would be sheet

music okay for a song on the piano you

have you have all these different notes

in a certain sequence and the sheet

music is basically the instructions on

how to create this song but you need

someone to do something with that music

you need some someone to play the CD

that’s epigenetics epigenetics means

above genetics the DNA or gene is not

set in stone so just because you have

certain genetics doesn’t mean anything

it’s really the epigenetics it’s really

your environment okay so the environment

is what triggers turning on or turning

off these genes and what I’m talking

about is activating the gene to turn on

to be turned into a certain protein and

do a certain function if something is

not turned on its silenced okay that

turn it turns it off versus turning it

on which means that gene is expressed so

expressed means turn on silence means

turned off now some triggers with

epigenetics

be your environment like what you eat

the nutrients in the food when you eat

and when you’re not eating

fasting temperature cold heat the stress

level sleep exercise the type of

exercise you do your mood can affect

your genes okay your state of mind could

affect your genes which is pretty cool

your age will affect your genes so it’s

really only 1% of the genetics that

differentiates us from someone else and

this is important to understand because

you have to realize that you are in

charge of your DNA okay you’re not so at

the effect of these genes as you might

think

you can do something about these genes

and it has to do with your environment

and what you eat what you don’t eat your

fasting your stress level your recovery

all right that’s what it is in simple

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