The epidemic of chronic disease and understanding epigenetics | Kent Thornburg | TEDxPortland

When will we decide to conquer chronic disease? The moment we realize the future’s not only in our genes but also in our hands with the choices we make regarding food and nutrition. We now know how we grow before we are born, matters. A woman who is pregnant with a daughter is nourishing the egg that may someday become her grandchild. We must remove the vulnerability for developing chronic disease before it starts. Through the right choices in Family, School, Workplace & Policy - we can position humanity towards a sustainable, more livable answer.

Dr. Kent L. Thornburg received his PhD in Developmental Physiology and studied Cardiovascular Physiology as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He participates in co-funded projects with scientists in England, New Zealand, France, Finland and Australia. He serves regularly on advisory panels at the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Children’s Heart Foundation and recently served as Co-Chair of the task force to determine the 10-year vision of the developmental origins of health and disease for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

[pkeggle]

Simple definition of Epi-genetics :
"Genes may load the gun, but diet & lifestyle will pull the trigger."
-Dr Rhonda Patrick, PhD

[fademan]

We are not living longer we dieing longer

[josephcingrani]

Watching this while in pain now. God please help me.

[pege]

BIG PHARMA, BIG CORP, BIG TECH, want us to be sick because the repeat customers are the best customers, money, money, money!!!

[NewEarth]

Excellent! I would also add chronic stress, trauma, anxiety, negative emotion also compromises our immunity. So some form of mindfulness, meditation, yoga is beneficial for total health along with whole nutrition and clean water.

[watsonwrote]

He barely touched on epigenetics at all. He also failed to mention that epigenetics are a factor thoughtout our lives as different genes become active or inactive in response to our stresses and environment. The phenotypes of identical twins become less identical every year due to epigenetic changes. Our bodies are not fully predestined from birth as this talk seems to hint towards; it's actually the opposite. Our bodies are in constant flux and our genes have many possible ways to express themselves. Yes, the biggest changes occur before birth and the changes in childhood will be more significant than changes post-puberty, but our bodies and minds are still responsive to change throughout our lives.

[juliettemacdonald]

Excellent talk that is MOST IMPORTANT!
I “Thank-You” for providing info I had no knowledge of + will share with others!
Much appreciated!

[anytube]

Education/knowledge changes the world👏 It isn't about me but about the others

[pasalaravichandran]

I love this talk. If absolutely everyone listens to this talk there is a chance things will get better

[carlyrobles]

This was a very educational video. I throughly enjoyed it!! I love that I have found a new way to think about my health and my children's health. I only wish I saw it years ago. Thank you to everyone who is doing this research. It is very essentially needed! I will spread the word as I hope others will do!!

[gloriaroberson]

Love it!!! This is one of the best educational video that I have heard in years. I think everyone should watch this video and learn how to improve their health. It is informative and exciting to learn about how important Geneology affects all of our lives. I needed to know about this years ago.

[roopsythegreat]

Dr. Kent is just amazing. As a MPH student, I had an opportunity to hear him as a guest speaker in one of my classes. That was the first time I heard about epigenetics and the concept totally blew my mind.

[ruexcitedWholeHearted]

Fascinating thoughts: "The egg that made me was nourished by my grandmother!...a two-generation effect - How you grow before you are born matters"

[india]

Each person's IS, IMMUNE SYSTEM, is unique and it reacts different to all medications. So many doctors gave me bad medication just because it worked for others.

[JamesKingunderstandinglife]

It is sad but the prediction of diabetes in our population is much worse than it was expected in 2015. The needed diet to correct diabetes is now known to be Low carbohydrate, no grains or refined products, healthy saturated fats, not sugar, and no seed oils.and meats that have not been subjected to fattening with grains or refined grains. He is so correct about us living longer and being less healthy is so on the money. Health care for people eating the American diet all of their lives is sky rocketing. The effect of the American diet is usually very slow in causing almost all of the chronic diseases they encounter as they age, so most of us never know what caused it.

[awakeaware]

Chronic disease should not exist in a country with the so-called “best healthcare system in the world“.

[stevealcorn]

You can get the "oils" he is referring to ALA converted to DHA and EPA from Flax and Chia. No need to eat fish!

[leandrobaluyotjr]

Very good video ! Informative, factual and precise .Straight and unambiguous narratives help common folks like me to heed the messages being communicated by the speaker. Thank you and more success to your group !

[Dawnybros]

I'm with him about eating a good diet, and about not eating processed foods, but to me that include rejecting grains and legumes and high carbs, NOT rejecting meat. Still this is four years old and re-examination of old data is proving the case against meat was biased and fiddled with and discredited and that meat is healthy and oxalates are not. Otherwise this was a really good and very enjoyable talk.

[SkillCult]

Rather simplistic and doesn't take into account the huge increase in quantity and number of environmental pollutants. Also, no mention of the chronic mystery diseases that are rising at a huge rate. So people used to not live as long, then they lived longer, but it all caught up with us and now we are dying younger of heart disease. But many people did not used to have very good diets, yet diabetes and heart disease are what grew. And of course he has to use the opportunity to sell us a dietary dogma. Not saying there is nothing here, but pretty arrogant to think we have it all figured out.