{"id":5536,"date":"2024-04-02T00:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T00:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalitysecret.com\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2024-04-02T00:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T00:19:12","slug":"your-genes-are-not-your-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalitysecret.com\/your-genes-are-not-your-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\u201cThe implication is that this basic idea we have that we are controlled by our genes is false. It’s an idea that turns us into victims. I’m saying we are the creators of our situation. Genes are merely the blueprints. We are the contractors, and we can adjust those blueprints. And we can even rewrite them.\u201d \u2014 <\/em>Dr. Bruce Lipton<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Excerpted from The Vitality Code. I consider this science to be one of the most empowering discoveries to date. We have more control over our health, than most care to realise.<\/p>\n
The Science of Epigenetics<\/strong><\/p>\n
For a long time, we\u2019ve been led to believe that we are at the mercy of our genes. Most of us believe that if our parents suffer or have suffered from Symptom X, then we have a high probability of developing Symptom X and there is not much we can do about it. Here, I\u2019d like to shed new light on the outdated hypothesis that your genes are your destiny, and you will discover how much power you hold to influence your gene expression.<\/p>\n
Covered in this section:<\/p>\n
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An inspiring story of the reversal of Lupus, an \u201cincurable\u201d or \u201cgenetic\u201d disease<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The science of epigenetics<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The importance of keeping a harmonious environment in your body<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Proportion of the population with “defective” genes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Basics of a healthy environment<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I’ll now use the example of Nic Burns, a friend of mine whom I interviewed on my podcast. She was diagnosed with Lupus not long after a friend of hers died from it at the age of 27. Imagine the fear you would feel, when you are told you have an illness that has killed a friend of yours. Nic could have resigned herself to the idea that this was a genetic and \u201cincurable\u201d disease (according to Western Medicine). However, she decided to do something quite the opposite to what her friend had done. Her friend was on 25 medications a day by the time of her death. You can hear our interview here.[1]<\/p>\n
Nic was already passionate about anti-aging (and still is). I could not believe her age when she told me. I thought she was younger than me, and she was 12 years older! She connected some dots and realized that inflammation was at play with Lupus, so she followed an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle, and, within a year, she was in complete remission. Most people who are diagnosed with Lupus or any other \u201cgenetic\u201d illness, are led to believe that their genes are their destiny, and their only option is to follow Western \u201cMedicine\u201d (drugs) because of the conditioning or programming that we are subjected to during our lives. Imagine if when we turned on the TV and we saw adverts for holistic treatments with claims about immune strength, and news bulletins of people reversing illnesses with natural methods. We never see these stories. They are rarely, if ever, covered in the media. Imagine finding out that the body can heal ANYTHING given the right environment in the body. That is what the science of Epigenetics is all about.<\/p>\n
It would be criminal for me to discuss the science of Epigenetics further without first citing Dr. Bruce Lipton, whom I refer to as \u201cThe Father of Epigenetics.”<\/strong> Cell Biologist Dr. Lipton is a true pioneer in this field and was cloning stem cells in the 1980s before it became \u2018cool\u2019. This is excerpted from NCBI (US National Library of Medicine), entitled \u201cBruce Lipton, PhD: The Jump from Cell Culture to Consciousness <\/em>(2017):<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the environment that selects the genetic activity of the cell. This is profoundly different than the genes making the decisions as to what cells are going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here is a definition of epigenetics from the CDC:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYour genes play an important role in your health, but so do your behaviors and environment, such as what you eat and how physically active you are. Epigenetics is the study of how your behavior and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Unlike genetic changes, epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence, but they can change how your body reads a DNA sequence. Gene expression refers to how often or when proteins are created from the instructions within your genes. While genetic changes can alter which protein is made, epigenetic changes affect gene expression to turn genes \u201con\u201d and \u201coff.\u201d Since your environment and behavior, such as diet and exercise, can result in epigenetic changes, it is easy to see the connection between your genes and your behavior and environment.\u201d[2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Excerpted from the medical journal cited above, the words of Dr. Bruce Lipton:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou are not controlled by your genetics. Your genes are controlled by your environment, and more specifically your perception of the environment.<\/strong> This allows dynamic control of your biology. If genes controlled your life, your fate would be determined regardless of what was happening in the environment: \u201cThese are your genes, this is your life. You have this cancer gene; you are going to get cancer and die.\u201d The fact is, there is no such thing as a cancer gene.<\/strong> That is a belief that is self-sabotaging. If you believe you have a cancer gene and you believe that gene can turn on and give you cancer, then your belief is manifesting a chemistry that will create cancer because you are translating your perception into chemistry.<\/p>\n
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