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"From a renowned oncologist and pioneer in integrative medicine, a breakthrough in treating and preventing disease by altering our genetic blueprint. What if the food we eat could target not only diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and cancer but the effects of aging? What if our diets could affect every aspect of our health by controlling the expression of our genes? While modern medicine largely focuses on treating symptoms with prescription drugs, Dr. Gaynor's revolutionary approach goes straight to the most fundamental level: our DNA. Although we cannot change the genes we are born with, we can change how they are expressed over the course of our lives through foods and supplements that prevent and reverse disease. The Gene Therapy Plan presents thescience behind these ideas and provides easy-to-follow meal plans and recipes to help put them into practice. Empowering and informative, this meticulously researched book by the author of Nurture Nature, Nurture Health offers accessible prescriptions for freeing ourselves from what we thought was our genetic destiny"--
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Your genes are not your destiny: learn to prevent disease, improve brain function, and reverse the course of obesity and premature aging through easy-to-adopt nutrition and lifestyle changes that target your DNA While we cannot alter the genes we are born with, we can prevent and reverse disease with foods, supplements, and lifestyle choices that turn good genes on and bad genes off. In his pathbreaking plan, Dr. Mitchell Gaynor—a renowned oncologist and pioneer in integrative medicine—focuses on obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and aging to explain what we can do to keep our bodies on their natural paths toward healthy, balanced functioning. The Gene Therapy Plan presents practical, evidence-based approaches to diet, including juices, recipes, and comprehensive meal plans. And it explains the cutting-edge science that is revolutionizing what we know about how our biology and our behavior intersect. Empowering and informative, with inspiring stories from Dr. Gaynor’s decades of clinical practice, this forward-looking book puts our genetic destiny back into our own hands. Praise for The Gene Therapy Plan: “If you want to learn how to use food and nutrients to prevent and even reverse most chronic disease, read this book!” —Mark Hyman, M.D., author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution “Dr. Gaynor provides insight and an action plan.” —Deepak Chopra, M.D.
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