Posts Tagged as ‘genetics’

May 5, 2008

Nutrition, Environment and Epigenetics

Take a look at the ‘About this blog‘ page: you will see that I close out my intro by saying that Genetics is Not Destiny.
I truly believe that. I have to believe that.
As a kid, I was always ‘husky’.
Through research, discipline and hard work, I was able to transform my body from fat to fit.
During [...]

April 14, 2008

Genetics & Obesity

The American Society for Addiction Medicine held their annual conference in Toronto this past weekend. One of the attendees, Dr. Carolyn Ross spoke about the link between human genetics and obesity. In an interview with a local radio station, 680 News, Dr. Ross said that “70 per cent of obesity is genetic”.
Dr. Ross hopes that [...]