Epigenetics. How food upsets our genes
Description
Why are girls entering puberty at progressively younger ages? Why are the rates of heart attack, cancer, and adult-onset diabetes rising? This program examines growing indications that food affects our genes-a concept vitally important to the science of epigenetics. Viewers encounter a wide range of experiments, case studies, and historical evidence, including Dutch birth records and testimonials from WWII that point to the epigenetic effects of starvation. Findings from animal and human nutritional studies, as well as evidence involving diet habits and environmental threats around the globe, are also presented. DNA methylation, the "on-and-off switch" of the epigenome, and other important concepts are featured.
Runtime
43 min
Subjects
- Cell metabolism (65)
- Embryology (43)
- Physical fitness (424)
- Reproductive health (95)
- Refuse and refuse disposal (122)
- Human reproduction (85)
- Human biology (175)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Generative organs (45)
- Exercise (426)
- Water (318)
- Heredity, Human (127)
- Human body (173)
- Toxicology (87)
- Medicine (401)
- Reproduction (175)
- Genetics (271)
- Environmental sciences (779)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c2008
Database
Films on Demand
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