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Hi Sregan
From my understanding, the +- SNPs can remain unexpressed your whole life (actually this is true for the ++ too) if you have no triggers that cause them to be triggered. Common triggers that would turn them on would be heavy metals, other toxins, chronic emotional or physical stress and traumatic stress (accidents, surgery, etc).
I was reading somewhere, I think it was Amy Yasko's website, where she mentions an organic farmer with the worst SNP profile she'd ever seen who was healthy as a horse at age 80, never had much stress, lived a really clean life; and compared him with children with much milder genetic profiles who were in really bad shape due to toxins, etc.
For myself, I've assumed all my SNPs are expressed because of the life I've had, mostly validated by biochemical tests, symptoms and responses to treatments. But this would not necessarily be the case for you.
What do you mean by "expressed"? And how do you know if they are or aren't?Hi Sregan
From my understanding, the +- SNPs can remain unexpressed your whole life (actually this is true for the ++ too) if you have no triggers that cause them to be triggered. Common triggers that would turn them on would be heavy metals, other toxins, chronic emotional or physical stress and traumatic stress (accidents, surgery, etc).
I was reading somewhere, I think it was Amy Yasko's website, where she mentions an organic farmer with the worst SNP profile she'd ever seen who was healthy as a horse at age 80, never had much stress, lived a really clean life; and compared him with children with much milder genetic profiles who were in really bad shape due to toxins, etc.
For myself, I've assumed all my SNPs are expressed because of the life I've had, mostly validated by biochemical tests, symptoms and responses to treatments. But this would not necessarily be the case for you.