Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball 036: Unlocking Your Health Potential: The Role of Epigenetics in Personalized Wellness with Brenda Wollenberg
Bet you a million bucks you’ve heard people say (or said yourself):
- It’s too complicated to get healthy - everyone says something different!
- Such and such diet/strategy/exercise worked for so-and-so, why isn’t it working for me?
- I feel like I’ve tried everything and it’s so hard to figure out what works!
Maybe, just maybe… everyone is different?
Years ago the term “bio-individuality” began to be a buzzword, and I thought it would be the “next big thing.” It is, sort of.
It might not be big enough.
But it still should be!
What if your genes could give you a pathway to your OWN optimal health? Not your friend’s success, not the next influencer’s advice, and not even current research?
Using genetics to make a personalized health plan sounds cutting edge, and it is - but it’s also reality.
My guest Brenda Wollenberg and I talk about gene-based holistic wellness programs today, and even more exciting, the promise and hope of epigenetics.
Epigenetics is the theory that through what we do and what happens to us - our environment - we can change our genes, basically toggle certain ones on or off. Your genes are not your destiny!
Listen in to find out how this works and even how you can apply epigenetics and gene personalization to your parenting and keeping kids healthy, even if you never get your kids' genes tested.
Resources We Mention
- Reduce toxic exposures in your home
- What kids should eat, according to a pediatrician
- Finding nutrient balance for busy families
- Find Brenda online here
- Follow her on social media: Facebook, Instagram
- Brenda's new book Metabolic Health Roadmap
- Chef Junior cookbook
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Kids Cook Real Food
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
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- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast
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