Come to a CR Way celebration and you will find that calorie restrictors are often quite joyous. Of course, being in great health helps you feel good, but perhaps another reason we are so happy is that following a low calorie lifestyle increases methylation (adding a methyl or CH3 molecule to cytosine or adenine DNA… read more
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How Emotions Affect your DNA
Wouldn’t it be great if the only thing you had to do to achieve optimal health and longevity was to think about a nutrient dense, low calorie diet? But there is another huge factor that affects most things that we think and do, and is reflected right down at the core of our DNA: Stress.… read more