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Podcast: AGEIST
Episode: Dr. Ronnie Stangler: Engineer Your Health With Epigenetics
Description: Is the year 2020 an epigenetic risk factor? Yes, she says. What you are thinking and feeling affects your health through the epigenetic effect on your genome. She also says nature, community, exercise, and even our favorite Netflix shows have an effect. The physician, psychiatrist and executive board member of the Aspen Brain Institute explains how our environment and actions influence epigenetics, how this affects our genes, and the role this plays in our health and aging process. Breaking down some intimidating terminology — genetics, genomics, and epigenetics — she helps us understand how to take control of our health through many smal...