We've heard it for many years...
"Your risk of certain health conditions is greatly influenced by your family history and your genes."
No one debates that...
But does this mean your future health is predetermined and set in stone?
Not according to recent findings in the field of epigenetics.
According to research in epigenetics -- which literally means 'control above genetics' -- the expression of the DNA in our cells is NOT fixed at birth...
... it
is affected by a wide variety of outside influences.
This means -- as biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton puts it -- "genes are not destiny!"
Rather, our genes can be modified by factors such our environment, diet, stress and emotions.
Now... I'm still learning about this, but I just had to pass this on...
So many people look at their family history and think their doomed...
They think that since a parent or grandparent had such and such a problem, that they're destined to as well.
But the science of epigenetics gives reason for hope.
And it also provides us good reason to take good care of ourselves... knowing that our genes are influenced by so many environmental factors.
As I've been learning about
epigenetics, I can't help but wonder too...
Is one of the reasons essential oils are such a support to good health is because they provide the kind of physical, mental, and emotional help our body systems -- including our genes -- need to function at their best?
I'll be sure and pass on more
about this as I learn more.
