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This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Levels.\nYou may be surprised to learn that your lifestyle and food choices are much better indicators of your health and weight than your genes. While it is true that some genes can predispose you to obesity, type 2 diabetes, or heart disease, predisposition is not predestination. In fact, 90 percent of our current health is controlled by the environment in which we bathe our genes\u2014the food we eat, our exercise regimen, our resilience in the face of stress, and our exposure to environmental toxins.\xa0\nIn today\u2019s episode of my series I\u2019m calling Health Bites, I talk about how your diet and lifestyle influence your genes and my top strategies for weight loss and optimal health.\nThis episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Levels.\xa0\nAccess more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today.\nRight now, Levels is offering an additional two free months of their annual membership. Head over to levels.link/HYMAN to learn more.\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nSo much of what we think might be genetic is actually environmental (2:34 / 1:00)\xa0\xa0\n\nWhat determines your phenotype? (5:35 / 3:52)\xa0\n\nResearch looking at genes and obesity (6:58 /\xa0 4:58)\xa0\n\nLearnings from the Pima Indian population (9:34 / 7:48)\xa0\n\nDealing with food and sugar addiction (13:16 / 10:53)\xa0\n\nThere\u2019s no one-size-fits-all diet (15:39 / 13:40)\xa0\n\nSeven ways to simplify weight loss (18:40 / 16:49)\xa0\n\n\nMentioned in this episode\nThe Blood Sugar Solution\xa0\n10-Day Detox Diet\xa0\nFunction Health\nFree Sleep Master Class\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices