Mid-week Memo

It's late in the evening and I sit realizing in just two short weeks I will have a new website for my business, unlike any other self replicating site out there.  And, Genewize will be launching the new product "Me" .... a skin serum based on your genetic makeup.  I'm very fortunate to be involved with such a cutting edge company with all the science needed to back up their products!

Yours in health,
Rhonda

The Impact of Genetic Science Reaches Into Disease Prevention

The information in the Book of Life is revolutionizing clinical medicine as well as preventive health and skin care programs including Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics.  SNPs not only account for many of our physical differences, but they also account for our biochemical differences.  Being 'more or less' efficient in one biochemical pathway, may have long term consequences related to how well we can fight disease, or even how rapidly we age.  Through Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics, people are able to influence their own health outcomes.

Yours in health,
Rhonda

Provided by 'Your Genetic Compass' by Genewize

Better Diets Impact Public Health at Lower Cost

Researcher Bruce Ames Ph.D., in Cancer Prevention and Diet: Help from Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, wrote:
"Optimizing micronutrient intake (through better diets, fortification of foods, or multivitamin-mineral pills) can have a major impact on public health at low cost.  Other micronutrients are likey to be added to the list of those whose deficiency causes DNA damage in the coming years.  Tuning-up human metabolism, which varies with genetic constitution and changes with age, is likely to be a major way to minimuze DNA damage, improve health, and prolong healthy lifespan, and a drop of blood (a cheek swab) or a gene chip could be part of the way to accomplish this."
Further:
"It is already apparent that there are many polymorphisms that influence risk in heart disease.  Single nucleotide polymorphisms provide a powerful molecular tool for investigating the role of nutrition in human health and disease, and their integration into clinical, metabolic, and epidemiologic studies can contribute enormously to the definition of optimal diets."

This means that now you can use a more scientific approach to being proactive in doing your best to prevent health problems that might otherwise occur later in life.  We all know that good nutritional care is important in preventing cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis and in defending against other diseases.

Yours in health,
Rhonda

Are you a Caterpillar or a Butterfly?

For a great article on optimal health click here!

Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics

Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics are a combinatin of the sciences of genetics and nutrition and skin care that reveals personalized information regarding an individual's status and provides the basis for selecting a dietary, nutritional and skin care program best suited to achieving the healthieest and longest life possible.

• Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics use SNP testing to identify areas of an individual's genetic make-up that may be functioning less than optimally.
• Nutragenetics and Dermagenetics will help guide individuals in choosing the optimal combination of nutrients and vitamins and topical active ingredients matched to their unique genetic make-up.

For the first time, this revolutionary SNP science is making it possible to personalize and tailor health and skin care products.  How is this done?

GENETICALLY GUIDED PERSONALIZATION OF NUTRIENT AND SKIN CARE FORMULATIONS.The SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) profile tests examine a variety of genes which are responsible for making proteins that play a very important role in our overall skin and body's health.  These include oxidative stress, heart and circulatory health, immune health, bone health, pulmary health, eye/vision health, defence against environmental pollutants, collagen breakdown, photoaging, skin slacking & wrinkling and mild irritation. 
People don't have enough time for 6 servings of fruits and vegetables due to our busy lifestyles.  It is logical then that most everyone should use a basic multivitamin and mineral formulation to cover the major areas of general nutrition, and only take additional ingredients based upon your personal genetic SNP test results.
Yours in health,
Rhonda
Information found in "Your Genetic Compass" by Genewize

My Daily Dozen - inspired by John Maxwell

1.  Be productive
2.  Move swiftly for 30 minutes
3.  Make at least one person smile
4.  Enjoy being in the moment
5.  Stay positive
6.  Find innter peace
7.  Let my family know I love them
8.  Eat chocolate
9.  Try to understand those I don't understand
10.  Be organized
11.  Appreciate everything around me
12.  Learn something new

Yours in health,

Rhonda

How the Knowledge of SNPs Can Be Used to Improve Our Lives

The awesome feat of compiling the Book of Life was accomplished by technologies that spelled out the entire human DNA genome (made up of the chemical base pairs symbolized by the letters A,G,C and T). Simply, we can think of DNA as a string of 3 billion of these letters, in which the sequence of letters follows a precise order. If we compare the DNA sequence of any two people, we sometimes see variation in a letter. This letter variation is a SNP. For example, at a specific position along the string of DNA, one person may have the letter "A" whereas another person may have the letter "T". These variations (SNPs) occur, on average, once in every 2,000 letters of the DNA.

More to come ....

Yours in health,

Rhonda

Pharmacogenetics

SNPs seem to explain why people react differently to different types or amounts of medicines. For example, patients can react differently to the same heart medication, such as a "beta-blocker". Since SNPs can affect the structure and function of proteins and enzymes, they can influence how efficiently a medicine is absorbed and metabolized. A major goal of the pharmacogenetics industry is to use the science of SNPs to determine which drugs are most suitable for any given patient.

Yours in health,

Rhonda

Your Genetic Compass by Genewize

From the Heart....

Today I will be writing from my heart. Last week I enjoyed meeting two new business affiliates. Both of these people come from different backgrounds, different lifestyles, different purposes in life ... yet both are passionate about health and want the same for themselves ... a stronger foundation.

Gladly, we shared all the benefits of DNA guided health. I say "we" because even as new affiliates they could feed off of my passion and truly see the advantages of knowing more about your "future health". While one enjoyed knowing the excitement of what the future has to hold regarding nutrigenomics the other was comprehensive of strengthening her foundation (DNA) prior to her metabolics.

Genomics is cutting edge and making it readily available to the public and at a price point that's affordable makes testing your DNA (with a bucal swab of your cheek) something EVERYONE owes to themselves.

Please learn more about Genewize and the doctors and scientists behind it by visiting http://www.dnaandyourgenes.com/

Yours in health,
Rhonda

Our Physical Uniqueness is Largely Due to SNPs

The DNA between any two humans is about 99.9% identical. Except for the identical twins, variations in just a small fraction of our DNA account for the major ways in which one human is different from another. These small variations in DNA are called SNPs, which stands for 'single nucleotide polymorphisms' (SNPs is pronounced 'snips'). Scientists have identified about 1.4 million locations where single-base DNA difference occur in humans. This information promises to revolutionize the process of finding chromosomal locations for disease-associated sequences.
Yours in health,
Rhonda
... info from 'Your Genetic Compass' by Genewize