Question

How would you characterize your own chances for a long life based on the genes you have inherited and on your health habits? Why?

Put yourself in the role of an elderly person with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. In spite of the fact that you have been a competent adult who has taken care of your family for decades, you no longer are able to perform tasks such as brushing your teeth or dressing yourself. How do you imagine you would feel?

Answer 1

A long life based on the genes you have inherited and on your health habits:

Human lifestyles may influence their genes in important ways is both sobering and encouraging. The risk of getting heart disease, weight gain, and even depression could be under the influence genetic inheritance of genes. Of course these genetic changes can be modulated by Epigenetics.

Human lifestyles also affect their health in noteworthy ways at the level of the gene. Doing excersizes and eating fruits and vegetables may "turn off" the heart attack genes, and further stimulate the production of stem cells..

A few people may possess genes that put them at risk for cancer. Though, their chance of really affecting with cancer may be much less if they quit their smoking habit.

A few people may have genes that put them at risk for diabetes. But, they may never become diabetic if they watch their weight.

People who consume a variety of raw fruits and vegetables had a reduced risk of heart disease, even if they carried copies of the gene that increases one's risk for cardiovascular disease.

Current genetic research describes clearly how eating well will not only help you feel better in an immediate way, but it could in fact change your genetic pattern and reduce the level of risk to your heart in a long term way.

If exercise can manipulate how stem cells differentiate into mature cells, it is surely possible that exercise may have affect on the genetic pools as it reduces our risk for certain diseases.

Methylation is one instance of the molecular alterations that may occur in response to environmental factors.

There are certain regulatory molecules that could possibly be affected by the foods we eat, and also the chemicals we come into contact with every day, the harmful bacteria, viruses we contact, and our level of activity. The addition or subtraction of a methyl group is considered to be a signal for whether genes are turned off or on.