The Science Behind our Optimal Health Reports

A SIMPLE CHEEK SWAB IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO SET YOU ON YOUR MYDNAHEALTH JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUR GENES AND YOUR WELLBEING.

Your genes determine how your body handles nutrients and toxins and how it reacts to your diet and lifestyle. You can’t change your genes, but you can change how they react by modifying what you do and what you eat.

YOU: A COMBINATION OF NATURE AND NURTURE

Understanding the relationship between your genes, your diet and your lifestyle is the key to Optimal Health. An imbalance in that relationship can contribute to symptoms which are often the early warning signs of health problems developing.

Think of your genes as nature – your inherited ability – and your environment and lifestyle as nurture – your acquired ability. This nature/nurture relationship means that two genetically identical twins can experience different symptoms and health conditions because of their different environments.

Unlike other DNA analysts, we don’t look at your genes in isolation. We ask you to complete lifestyle questionnaires so that we can analyse your genes in tandem with your habits and food choices.

EXAMPLE: LACK OF SLEEP

A lack of sleep triggers 600 genetic reactions. Intervention using lifestyle changes and dietary strategies can suppress those reactions, helping you to sleep better.

NUTRIGENOMICS AND EPIGENETICS

Nutrigenomics is the study of how your genetic variants influence your ability to metabolise nutrients found in the foods and drinks you consume. This information provides an overview of the metabolic efficiency of key nutrients that provide protection from developing health problems.

Epigenetics is what happens when genes are in action and responding to environmental and lifestyle triggers including sleep, stress, diet and toxins. In these processes, genes are modified slightly and act differently. In short, epigenetics is where nature meets nurture. Your genes are controlled by and respond to the daily choices you make.

OPTIMAL HEALTH

£99.00

Using genetic analysis and health/lifestyle questionnaires, we provide a personalised report to help you rebalance your wellbeing, control your weight and manage your future health.

OPTIMAL HEALTH PRO

£199.00

Only available from qualified Health and Nutrition Practitioners. Our Optimal Health Pro Report provides a wider DNA analysis to aid diagnosis and to identify where intervention can counteract predisposition to a number of health issues.

OPTIMAL HEALTH 23andme

£70.00

You’ve learnt about your ancestry, now use your 23andMe data to unlock your health potential.
myDNAhealth can analyse and report over 27 health and wellness areas for you.

NUTRIGENOMIC
SUPPLEMENTS

£29.00

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