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THE GENETIC FACTOR<br />

Disease or conditions inheritance,<br />

which is what you call genetic,<br />

is not the principle predisposing<br />

factor for the development of<br />

chronic conditions such as weight<br />

gain, hypertension, diabetes, heart<br />

disease and stroke.<br />

Even if your genes predispose you<br />

toward easy weight gain, lifestyle<br />

and good nutrition can modify and<br />

decrease your chance of getting<br />

fat. As a matter of fact the older<br />

you get, the less influence your<br />

genes will have on your good<br />

health. Environmental factors are<br />

more influential to your weight<br />

gain and health. Even if you have<br />

a strong possibility to easily gain<br />

weight, you may not gain weight.<br />

Eating the right food through the<br />

Mediterranean Diet, may redirect<br />

your genes.<br />

Contrary to the common belief<br />

www.medimeals.com<br />

that genes are the only predictors<br />

of your weight and other health<br />

problems, there is a lot you can<br />

do to prevent what we call, “the<br />

luck of the draw.” Your genotype<br />

map or your genes map is a Xerox<br />

copy of the type of diseases or<br />

conditions your body could develop<br />

under unfavorable conditions.<br />

Your nutrition, the food you eat<br />

and your lifestyle have a major<br />

impact over the way your genes<br />

can be oriented. In other words,<br />

your weight is in your hands. For<br />

example, you are the only one who<br />

can make the right food choices,<br />

helping you to prevent becoming<br />

an overweight, diabetic or cardiac<br />

patient.<br />

Genes do not specifically code for<br />

a condition, but they may influence<br />

your health status by weakening<br />

or strengthening your body’s<br />

immune system. Macro and micro<br />

nutrients and antioxidants which<br />

are part of the food you eat have<br />

a specific influence on your gene<br />

expression. These food constituents<br />

break down into chemicals which<br />

help to detoxify the body from<br />

substances susceptible to turn on<br />

disease processes in your body. In<br />

the specific case of weight control,<br />

these substances coming from food<br />

components have a stimulating or<br />

suppressing effect on your appetite.<br />

When there is an imbalance<br />

between stimulating and<br />

suppressing messengers,<br />

unfavorable conditions happen.<br />

Good foods lower disease<br />

signals sent to your genes through<br />

bioactive components. Food has<br />

the intelligence to orchestrate<br />

chemical reactions in the natural<br />

way with more specificity and<br />

precision than any drug can do!<br />

1-877-MediMeals

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