Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy has brought additional focus on genes and cancer. Why would anyone cut off a part of their
body when it is healthy just because they are afraid they “might” get cancer?
Genomics is the study of the environment and its effects on genes. Genetics is a hot topic these days since genetic codes can be drawn from a simple saliva test. Yes genes cannot change but the environment and its effect on those genes can.
Dr Gant has practiced Integrative and Functional Medicine for over 35 years and is the Chairman and Chief Medical Officer at the Academy of Functional Medicine and Genomics where subjects such as this are studied. He is one of my mentors and responded to the concerns surround the BRCA gene variance.
Read Dr. Gant’s science-based perspective here:
Be well,
Lynn