Personalized nutritional and lifestyle recommendations from the genetic age.

Advice that lasts a lifetime because your genes are not a fad.

Optimize the health of your skin and bones; heart and mind by optimizing your personal diet and supplement intake. Genetic testing combined with a lifestyle assessment, provide you with a scientifically based, personal blueprint for optimizing health.

Testing examines your personal variations in nineteen genes that scientists have shown play major roles in your body's heart and bone health, detoxification and antioxidant capacity, insulin sensitivity, and tissue repair. Your DNA test results, combined with information from your completed lifestyle questionnaire, result in personalized, realistic steps you can take to improve and maintain your good health. Benefits may include:

Recommendations are based on the unique combination of your genetic makeup, and include customized dietary and nutritional supplementation programs. Concrete information about the following seven areas in which the link between gene variations and lifestyle has been scientifically established are included in the testing and recommendations:

• Heart Health Some genetic factors may increase the risk that certain individuals will develop heart disease. Simple, easy-to-follow advice may help reduce that risk.
• Bone Health Certain genetic factors indicate a need for foods that provide your bones with the nutrients they require to stay strong. Specific foods that will help solve this problem are listed.
• B Vitamin Use Many people have genetic variations that interfere with the way their bodies use B vitamins, an important factor in cell growth and maintenance. Use of recommended supplements can solve this common problem.
• Detoxification Genes can determine how well your body cleanses itself of harmful toxins. If necessary, we recommend specific foods to give your cleansing systems a healthy boost.
• Antioxidants A genetically determined level of antioxidants controls how well our bodies neutralize free radicals, destructive molecules involved in aging and a variety of diseases. Supplementation can help minimize these destructive effects.
• Inflammation Depending on your genetic profile, you may need certain foods to fight damaging inflammation.
• Insulin Sensitivity If your genes increase your risk of insulin sensitivity, we will recommend dietary and lifestyle changes that may help prevent this condition.
  
  

Why is a personalized diet important?

We all know our health is influenced by what we eat, drink and other well-known lifestyle choices that we make. The latest scientific research shows that for each of us these choices can have greatly differing effects on our health.

Small differences in your genes can influence how well your body metabolizes foods, utilizes nutrients and excretes damaging toxins, all of which can affect your general state of health. By finding out if you have any of these small variations, you can modify your diet and lifestyle choices to improve your nutrition which typically leads to improved health.

For example, if your body isn't efficient with B vitamins, an important factor in skin renewal, a modified diet or daily supplement can provide you with the proper amount for healthy skin.

How do I take the nutritional genetic test?
It starts with a DNA sample, which you collect at home by rubbing the inside of your cheek with the set of swabs included in your sample collection kit (please read the instructions carefully to make sure you collect the sample correctly). You then mail us the sample, together with a completed lifestyle questionnaire. The questionnaire asks about your daily eating and other habits.

NOTE: Your DNA sample and the genetic information it reveals are kept strictly confidential.

Diagram A: How we go from a cheek sample to your genetic profile

Three to four weeks after we receive the completed questionnaire and your DNA sample, you'll receive a personal report that evaluates your current lifestyle according to the results of the DNA analysis. Recommendations based on the testing results will offer practical, effective and proven ways to improve your short- and long-term health, help prevent illness, and above all - help you feel better.

Your report will contain:

Start unraveling the mystery of your DNA today, call 800-523-3080 to order your Nutritional Genetic Profile with in depth nutritionist review of results for only $525. You can also order on-line, or download the order form and fax or mail in your order. Don't forget to take a look at our other informational genetic testing products now as you receive significant discounts when ordering tests at the same time.

Note: This test is only available to people 18 or older and cannot be sold in the U.K. or New York state.

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