Common StrateGene questions
The short answer: It will most likely end up being a waste of your money and time. The long answer: Your DNA is an important aspect of your current and future health as it is the blueprint to possibilities, but not necessarily certainties. Your die
Research that looks at more specific interactions between SNPs and factors like Vitamin E intake, air pollution, exercise or composition of dietary fats is still not that common and tends to be under-powered. One piece of research may appear to settl
The genes that show factors that slow or speed them up, such as COMT, are somewhat special cases: the SNPs are very common, and each allele has benefits and risk. Knowing what factors can influence speed can be clinically relevant and useful. For exa
Dosages of medication, nutrients and vitamins can be categorized in two basic categories: physiological and pharmacological. A very low dose that closely approximates what the body would normally produce in a day is considered physiological. A low do
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In the context of inhibition/promotion or cleans/dirties, high estrogen actually refers to the normal presence of the major estrogen: estradiol relative to no estrogen at all such as before puberty or after menopause. It does not mean hyper-estrogeni
In making treatment suggestions, only evidence based therapies and those found effective by experienced licensed health professionals are included. As we learn new treatments and find them clinically effective, we will update StrateGene accordingly.
Time and dose -dependent is aka dose–response relationship, or exposure–response relationship. It describes the biochemical change in activity of an enzyme caused by differing levels of exposures (or doses) to a system after a defined exposure time.
The mandatory addition of synthetic folic acid to our food supply back in the 1990s was in response to an increase in neural tube defects in newborns. Fortificaton of processed foods initially appeared to have a positive effect in reducing this serio
Heme is an important molecule consisting of an iron atom embedded in a structure of porphyrin: 4 pyrroles, which are smaller rings made from 4 carbon atoms and 1 nitrogen atom. Heme is a cofactor for many reactions in the body, as well as a part of t
Absolutely not. The beneficial role of eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is very clear. The many benefits derived from fiber content, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytochemicals greatly outweigh any downside from slowing enzym
Research may show inhibition/promotion in mice at a given dose per body weight in mice, but scaled up to a human the equivalent dose would be unrealistic, eg: cups of a substance normally ingested by the teaspoon. It is not always possible to ascerta
Given that physiology and biochemistry are extremely complex and multidimensional, one has to realize that it is not possible to target one isolated gene without impacting a multitude of others at the same time. This is the reason the StrateGene team