But where you grew up impacts a lot more than your personality or preferences.
It can also affect your genes.
Hes also the author of the book,Change Your Genes, Change Your Life.
This finding suggests that epigenetic regulation may be a mechanism by which the childhood neighborhood environment alters adult health.
This isnt the first study showing how ones environment can impact their genes.
Dr. Pelletier explains that 5 percent of an adults genes are unchangeable.
clinical psychologist and post-doctoral scholar at Duke University
Reuben explains that everyone is born with a DNA structure thats set.
The changed instructions can cause other changes within our bodies, and even be passed down to our offspring.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
Any number of things that happen in the environment have both direct and indirect impacts on the genes.
Dr. Pelletier says that the effects of this can be truly profound.
There area number of human studiesshowing that a gene calledCYP1b1is involved in the metabolism of hydrocarbons, Reuben says.
Cigarette smoke, car exhaust, and solar emissions from power-generating facilities and waste-burning facilities all generate hydrocarbons.
This mechanism is true for all sources of chronic stress.
This destructive turn is called catabolism.
clinical psychologist and post-doctoral scholar at Duke University
As Dr. Pelletier says,chronic stress creates chronic inflammation.
This shows the negative impact stress can have on genetic expression.
Another factor Dr. Pelletier says has a massive effect on genes is nutrition.
If that sequence is disrupted, meaning if a person is deprived, that can lead topermanent cognitive impairment.
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