In what ways does human genetics shape our biological features and overall wellness?

Question

How exactly does our behavior and environment modify our DNA, and how does that affect our body and health?

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Fantastic episode, thank you

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Great and helpful conversations ..always something to learn

I would love to see an episode in epigenetics and yoga ..would that be possible ?

Answer 3

Bbc made a viral documentary about this tribe a few years ago. She went there a few years later. Why is she taking credit for bringing this incredible adaptation to light?

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Thank you Dr. Andrew

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Loved this conversation!

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Really great discussion. Some meditation practices involve breath holds.

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I know many blue eyed surfers, myself included. Our eyes are as blue as ever even in our 60s. In fact, mine seem to be getting bluer as I age. It’s almost like my hair color becoming very blond from sun and salt water.

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I'm reading about the sea nomades and I don't think it's just 'if you're not good at it, you die' but a lot of it is due to sexual selection, such as women tend to reproduce with the men who are good at whatever the society values. In that case, being good at diving and fishing.

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Love the change of pace

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We humans (the majority of us) are hybrids. The non hybrid homo sapiens sapiens are still in subSaharan Africa which makes total sense. I think this is awesome.

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Hey speaking of Jeju women! My friend Sohyun made a beautiful animated film for her story "A Jeju Story" about Jeju history! Very easy to look up via A Jeju Story trailer

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This is a spectacular episode, as always a great job. In terms of mate selection, I have a bias to brunettes with bangs, lite eyes, and the biological female silhouette. Hands and leg shape are extremely important to me apparently. On my mother side I was passed down extremely strong hands with lean fingers, on my father’s side I was passed down well shaped strong legs. When looking for romantic partners these are some of the traits I’m attracted to as well. It’s so much fun that these might be not just learned but a deeper level of possible internal health. I looooove being a primate, being a monkey is so much fun!

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Breath hold like if BoLT is 40 seconds like training in high altitude and high intensity exercises spleen contract to release red blood cells (book oxygen advantage by Patrick Mackwen). I know all these as a pro medical doctor interested in healthy life style. Very good to draw attention to breathing hold exercises.

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So many ads it is hard to pay attention to the thread of the conversation.

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I recall seeing a number of sources saying that hunger experienced by the mother leads to offspring who will store more fat. Apparently true for mice/rats. There have been claims that Indian ethnic groups are more obese with higher rates of diabetes because of famine caused by British colonialism for their forebears.

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Thanks for great insights

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Love this episode! I have blue eyes but also heterochromia causing one eye to be half green. I also have red hair but my parents have brown - From what I read - in order for two people to have a red head baby it stems from Irish “origin” people that carry that gene mc1r, if someone is a carrier they must meet another person who also carries that gene and then it’s 1/4 25% chance for that gene to win. Find it so fascinating!

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shes so nice! always marry/date a nice happy woman, never marry/date a mean unhappy woman

Answer 19

Gosh I wanna try Yerba Mate. I wish people sold in a can like that here.

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How can there only have been one person with blue eyes, and from there it spread, but now blue eye colour is a recessive trait?