GENE EXPRESSION IS YOUR DESTINY PART 2

In the previous blog, I had shared what I have learned about some new research concerning gene expression. The human gene is the same in everybody but is expressed differently as it is modified by various factors such as smoking, alcohol, drugs, and other lifestyle modifiers. I also explained how this effect can be inherited to the next generation and in reality, the research has shown that this has actually passed down to 4 generations. Think of it. If you smoke for a number of years or you do drugs through teen ager years, this can permanently modify the expression of your genes that will affect the rest of your life. It is not known exactly how much it will affect you 50 years in the future. However, little things will start to be different in you than the other people with the same gene. This would be factor in such things as pain syndromes, headaches, fibromyalgia, fatigue, sleep disorders, and cardiovascular problems. This is quite shocking news for the human race! God has designed us to be incredibly adaptive to degenerative processes and to toxicity, but you can see as the generations go on, this could get worse for everybody.

The tragic aspect of this is that 99.9% of the human population would never know this. The hope would be that as research continues and this can be validated, that the medical profession will pick up on this research and start looking at patient care in a whole new light. Unfortunately, it will have to be driven by economics in our society today. It would have to be economically profitable for people to live a healthier lifestyle in order for the medical profession to actually use this information to help people in their overall health. This would mean that nutrition counseling and lifestyle counseling would be part of the normal patient care. At this present time, insurance wants nothing to do with this believing it as a waste of time. But as this research continues and starts to verify and validate these facts, then perhaps insurance companies will actually pay the physicians to do these things.

In the meantime, keep watch for this information as it gets out and my advice will be for my patients for now on to live a better lifestyle and what they eat and what wises they chose.

Ronald S. Prehn, D.D.S.
Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain
Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine

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