What if we told you that everything from the food you eat to your environmental stressors and even relationships all affect your gene expression? 

Understanding the science of epigenetics -  how our human body responds to our environment so that we can leverage it is the difference between creating a truly optimized lifestyle for health and wellbeing vs. thinking you were destined to live a certain way because of your inherited DNA. 

In this fascinating discussion with Epigenetics Coach David Krantz, we explore the science of epigenetics today, what we can expect in the advancement of epigenetics science including revolutionizing mental health and how we can apply this understanding to hack our way to our most optimal health & wellbeing and creating a high-performance lifestyle. 

We learn:

6:33 - What is epigenetics? 

10:49 - Why epigenetics is so exciting and important to understand its impact on our overall health and human potential. 

11:55 - How we can turn our genes on or off by stressful environmental factors that impact our disease risk. 

15:00 - How your unique genetic variance can help create a customized approach to your diet and lifestyle. 

18:00 - What advancements we can expect in epigenetics science. 

20:44 - How epigenetics will revolutionize mental health. 

24:35 - The most important ways to biohack for optimal health. 

25:16 - Why changing your light diet is critical to your overall health. 

34:00 - Why disruption in your circadian rhythm is so damaging to your overall health. 

37:35 - Understanding what's more important - maintaining a consistent sleep cycle or the number of hours you log and when you go to sleep?

46:00 - David’s perspective on humanizing biohacking. 

51:00 - What is all this buzz about cold exposure and does it really help build our immunity? 

57:00 - David’s one piece of advice to his younger self to live fully in the present.

To learn more about David Krantz and his incredible work in the field of epigentics or if you want to schedule a free 30 min consultation to discover how epigentics coaching can help optimize your health and performance, visit https://david-krantz.com. 

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