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The LifeMap Nutrition™ System is the first scientifically supported nutritional supplement program that utilizes YOUR DNA to create a custom nutritional supplement formula that contains the nutrients your body really needs. GeneWize Life Sciences' patent pending Healthy Aging DNA Assessment™ forms the foundation. Your DNA assessment results will be analyzed to create you customized LifeMap Nutrition™ formula.
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How can understanding your genes give you a longer, healthier life? |
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Your health is a result of interactions between your genes and lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, stress, smoking, and alcohol. It is your genetic make-up that determines which nutrients are used and how they are used; the way toxins are removed, what happens to any waste products, and how efficient and effective these key processes are working within your body. However, by adjusting your lifestyle and utilizing a targeted nutritional supplement regimen, you can have a positive impact on how your genes work and compensate for areas in which your genes are not functioning at an optimal level. |
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Does the buccal cheek swab DNA analysis provide the same information as with |
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Most DNA testing today is done using samples collected through buccal swabbing, or cheek swabbing. Scientists agree that buccal swab samples are just as reliable as blood samples for DNA testing. DNA is the same in every cell of the body. A cheek cell collected through buccal swabbing contains the same DNA as a blood cell collected through a blood draw. However, buccal swab samples have these primary benefits: Buccal swabbing is easy to do. Buccal swabbing is painless and noninvasive. It can even be safely performed on a newborn infant. Buccal swabs are more reliable than blood samples for individuals who have recently had blood transfusions or bone marrow transplants. Their blood may show the presence of the donors’ DNA.
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What is the science that ties nutritional supplementation and lifestyle changes to |
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Clinical evidence is increasingly linking SNPs to specific nutritional needs. For example: The SNP for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) produces an enzyme with decreased affinity for its direct substrate, 5, 10 methylene-THF, which can cause a build-up of homocysteine. In plain English, it means that some people make more homocysteine than others, and now you are able find out if this applies to you. Those who make more homocysteine would especially benefit by increasing Folate in their diet, as well as starting dietary supplements that are clinically shown to reduce homocysteine. Another example concerns individuals with the SNP for paraoxonase-1 (PON-1), who have an enhanced propensity for superior cardiac health because they more effectively block oxidation of LDL cholesterol. This means these people will have less oxidized LDL cholesterol than others. This SNP can also determine how effective Vitamin C and Vitamin E are as antioxidants in specific individuals. |
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How do you choose which SNPs are evaluated in a GeneWize LifeMap Healthy |
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Although human DNA contains millions of SNPs, GeneLink scientists used the following criteria to choose the SNPs for the GeneWize LifeMap Healthy Aging™ DNA assessment: Valid – The existence of the SNP is supported by solid, credible scientific evidence. Gene SNPs are added as knowledge progresses. Important – A SNP predicts biochemical processes that are associated with significant, specific physiological disadvantages. Frequent – The SNP frequency is relatively common among the general population. Actionable – A SNP’s negative potential can be modulated by nutritional supplementation.
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What are SNPs and why is this information important? |
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SNPs (pronounced "snips") are single nucleotide polymorphisms, which are small but common natural variations in human DNA. Each person's genetic material contains a unique SNP pattern in the DNA strand that serves as the body's instruction book, telling the body in minute detail how to do everything from making bone cells to processing dietary cholesterol to detoxifying spent hormones in the liver. Just as no two people are identical, so every instruction book is different. Each person has several million SNPs that account for the wide variations seen in the spectrum of human appearance and physiology. Some of these processes that are dictated by SNPs and gene expression are more efficient and supportive of health than others. By determining a SNP profile, it is possible to discover which areas are strong and which areas need extra support. |
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