Why Have A Test?

Understanding your genes can help you live
a longer healthier life.

Your health is the result of interactions between your genes and lifestyle factors. These factors include diet, exercise, stress, smoking and alcohol consumption.

Your genetic make-up determines which nutrients your body requires and in what amounts. Your specific physiology influences how nutrients are used, the way toxins are removed and how effective these key processes are within the body.

By adjusting your lifestyle, you can have a great impact on how your genes work and compensate for areas in which your genes are not functioning at an optimal level.

Most of the time, gene variations have no effect on our body systems or our health. In certain cases these variations can even be beneficial. Sometimes however, a variation can make the gene send a slightly "wrongly worded" message to the cell. Upon receiving the garbled message, the cell will manufacture a product - such as an enzyme - that doesn't work exactly as it should. The variant enzyme may, for example, work faster or more slowly than is best for the body. Combined with an unhealthy diet or lifestyle, such gene variation may make a person more susceptible to developing illnesses.