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SYSK Choice: What Makes You - You & How to Explain So People Get It

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How Does Epigenetics Work in Preventing Obesity?

epigenetics can work in basically programming someone, predisposing them to cravings of the western diet. This is some real cutting edge science that stems from what we call germ free mice. These were mice that are designed by a scientist named geffrey gordon, that are born through a sterile sea section. They don't have any microbes in them or on them. We have about three pounds of microbes, bacteria, in our intestines, in our gut,. And obesity may be linked to the composition of microbes that are in our gut.

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