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It’s also important to note that obesity in America is often approached with a treatment approach rather than a preventative approach. In fact, it has been shown that the U.S. health care system rewards procedural approaches to obesity such as gastric bypass, liposuction, versus preventative medicine that stops weight gain before it happens. This treatment philoso- phy in U.S. healthcare is part of the reason why DNA testing companies are beginning to pop up across the country. It doesn’t make sense to apply a blanket treatment to everyone’s health related problems. Just because 38 percent of the American population is obese doesn’t mean they’re all obese for the same reasons. There’s a cause in each individual that leads to the effect. While it might take more time and more physicians, in the long term it’s cheaper to practice preventative medicine. If each indi- vidual were to be tested for genetic predisposi- tions for weight gain, thyroid imbalances, re- sponse to exercise, then each individual would understand how to properly care for his or her body and fewer people would face frustrations regarding their health or why they weren’t los- ing weight. In practice, it only makes sense to focus on one body at a time, because we are all genetically different.


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How to Get Started When you sign up for genetic testing, you will be sent a DNA collection kit, which you will use to swab the inside of your cheek and then send to the lab in the package provided. Once the lab receives your DNA test, they go to work analyzing a variety of genes to look for certain traits and tendencies that affect your fi tness and weight loss. Your results will be divided into four categories: 1) Weight loss ability, 2) Food, 3) Nutrients, and 4) Exercise. Across those categories, there are 16 possible traits that your genes will exhibit, and 44 pos- sible trait expressions.


For example, within the category of food, they will examine your body’s level of fat utilization. If you have a lower than average fat utilization, it could be one of the reasons you fi nd it harder to lose that excess weight. On the opposite end of the spectrum, people with above average fat utilization could increase their fat intake. The next part of testing involves nutrient utilization and defi ciencies. The test evaluates six different vitamins: B9, A, B6, B12, C and D. These specifi c vitamins have been proven to have a direct correlation with fi tness and results allow you to determine what vita- mins you need to supplement into your diet to become more effi cient with your health.


If you do the math, that means there are


over 8 million unique combinations you could receive in your genetic report. Now you see


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