Exercise, nutrients and stress can greatly impact how our bodies operate. Genes can be impacted by the choices and lifestyle behaviors we engage in. Stress, for example, contributes to most chronic diseases that people acquire over time. Stress can reduce genes that prevent disease and activate genes that allow diseases to flow in our bodies. However, exercise can be used to offset the effects of stress. Food and nutrients also play in a big part in our genes. Food can contain nutrients that improves our genes and makes us healthier. We can reverse long-term damage done to our genes most of the time, but it can take three months to truly reverse the damage.

Key Takeaways:

• Even thought you might think your genes are fixed, lifestyle changes can help you influence them.
• Epigenetics refers to how genes are expressed in the body, and lifestyle changes can alter epigenetic tags.
• Sleeping more, eating good nutrients, and reducing stress can all help alter your gene expression.

“Dr. Murphy shares the three key factors that influence our genes: nutrients, exercise and stress, and provides advice on how to lead a health lifestyle.”

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