Your DNA and lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress, and environmental exposures) strongly influence your health and wellness, including your risk for developing heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases. DNA 3-Day and DNA-Select will evaluate both your genes and your lifestyle, as part of a comprehensive, personalized assessment of your health.

Virtually every human ailment, except trauma, has some basis in our genes, which are units of DNA that carry the instructions for the cells in the body to manufacture specific proteins or sets of proteins.

By studying the entire human DNA code, or genome, scientists have identified genetic variations that increase risk for developing specific diseases. Many individuals, including Francis Collins, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Heath, have had their DNA tested to determine their own genetic predispositions to diseases.

“It did affect me to find out that I was at risk for diabetes, which I had no family history of. But my family has all been extremely lean and I was not so lean, as I discovered when I got this information,” said Dr. Collins, author of the book, The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine.

In an interview with Kaiser Health News, Dr. Collins described his genetic testing as a “wake-up call” to change his diet and to exercise – and thereby lose 25 pounds.

Similarly, DNA 3-Day and DNA-Select may provide a “wake-up” call for you.

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