What is Epigenetics? Can my lifestyle change my genes?

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According to the CDC, Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. 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 “on” and “off.” Since your environment and behaviors, such as diet and exercise, can result in epigenetic changes, it is easy to see the connection between your genes and your behaviors and environment.

Epigenetic changes affect gene expressions in different ways. In the video, Dr. Brooke Leverone focuses on a type of change called DNA Methylation.

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