Decoding the Potential, Utility and Misinformation in Epigenetics with Dr. Lucia Aronica

A complete breakdown of epigenetics and biological age with Dr. Lucia Aronica, the lecturer at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Dr. Aronica shares her comprehensive knowledge on genetic testing and the utility of it, and why a lot of those genetics tests out there aren't worth it.

Who is Dr. Lucia Aronica? 

Dr. Lucia Aronica, Ph.D., is Lecturer at the Stanford Prevention and Research Center, Genomics Lead at Metagenics Inc., and editor of the peer-reviewed journal Life by MDPI. Her research investigates how diet, genetics, and epigenetics interact with each other to impact our health and longevity, and how to use this information to design personalized lifestyle interventions.

She is an acclaimed speaker and serves as an advisor for companies active in the personal genomics and precision health field. Dr. Aronica received her PhD from the University of Vienna and has research experience from the University of Oxford, University of Southern California, and University Federico II of Naples. She has published research papers in top-ranked peer-reviewed journals such as Cell, Genes and Development, and the EMBO Journal.

Highlights

[3:20] An overview of epigenetics 

[5:03] What is methylation?

[9:15] Diet influence on epigenetics

[18:55] Do people actually benefit from high carb diets?

[31:40] Is a genetics test useful? 

[36:20] The truth behind biological age tests

Resources

Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

Epigenetics, Second Edition

The Easy Low-Carb Cookbook

Younger in 8 weeks | Interview with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald

Horwath’s Biological Age Clock

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