| DNA and vitamin supplements; the dynamic duo! | | | | makeup, based upon the kind of variance they are |
| Since the cost of sequencing the Human Genome has | | | | harboring in vitamin-dependent enzymes." |
| reduced significantly, the only reason not to look at | | | | Futurebiotics? |
| your DNA is out of fear of the unknown. There are | | | | The future would look much more promising if there |
| vitamin and supplement companies performing | | | | were more physicians using the medicinal properties |
| Genetic assessments for as little as $100.00 per test | | | | of vitamin and mineral supplements vs. antibiotics. |
| and the price is expected to drop in the coming | | | | Specific vitamin supplementation documented in Rine |
| future. Over the past 20 years, the triumph was in | | | | and Marini's reports are the use of folate to reduce |
| simply finding the diseased Genes. | | | | the risk of: |
| Vitamin Supplements and enzymes | | | | - Birth defects |
| In addition to this impressive triumph in genetics, a | | | | - Heart Disease |
| UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology | | | | - Stroke |
| Jasper Rine and his colleagues reports the following in | | | | - Cancer |
| regards to enzyme deficiencies. Many of us have | | | | Vitamin B6 and bacteria |
| genetic flaws, which make our enzymes operate | | | | Many forms of bacteria cannot form certain amino |
| inefficiently. Jasper reported in The National Academy | | | | acids. When given supplements with vitamin B6, the |
| of Sciences the fact that we can restore the | | | | bacteria are then able to form these amino acids. |
| enzyme activity to full working order with the | | | | The link between micronutrients and health is |
| appropriate combination of vitamin supplements. | | | | fascinating, according to UC Berkeley scientist Bruce |
| Further research has proven that physicians often | | | | Ames, who concurs with the findings of Rine and |
| prescribe vitamin and mineral supplements to cure | | | | Marini. His opinion is that you can cure a genetic |
| many rare and sometimes-fatal metabolic defects | | | | disease in bacteria by supplementing with vitamins. |
| caused by mutations in critical enzymes. Studies have | | | | The more we know about our family history and the |
| proven to show several different variations in the | | | | genes that affect our health in a negative manor, the |
| population in these enzymes, which affect function, | | | | more we can prevent the onset of such implied |
| and many variations respond to vitamin | | | | diseases. More and more physicians are using vitamin |
| supplementation. An interesting quote from UC | | | | supplements to treat illness, so why not take the |
| Berkeley scientist Nicholas Marini "I wouldn't be | | | | initiative and find out what your potential future may |
| surprised if everybody is going to require a different | | | | hold? |
| optimal dose of vitamins based on their genetic | | | | |