How To Use Genetic Testing To Personalize Your Workout And Diet.

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Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 August 2014

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Last year, in the podcast episode "The Unforeseen Costs of Civilization And What You Can Do About It.", I spoke to author Spencer Wells about the world of genetic testing and gene research.

In just one year since that episode, we've come a long way, baby. Even though the popular genetic testing service "23andme" seems to have had a bit of a slapdown from the FDA when it comes to releasing specific health information, that doesn't mean you can't still go get tested by 23andme (a simple salivary test that costs $99) and then export that data to another service that will give you targeted health, fitness and nutrition information.

My guest on today's podcast, Andrew Steele, is British Olympic athlete in the 400m and the 4x400m relay (runs the 400 in 44.94 seconds) and has represented his country at European Championships, Commonwealth games, World Championships and Olympic games.

The guy knows what it takes to go from good to great, how to tap into the power of genetic research to make targeted training and nutrition choices, and now works as head of sport for a company called "DNAFit", which allows you to import your 23andme test results to get personalized fitness and diet results.

During our discussion, Andrew and I go over my: -DNAFit Nutrition Results (click to download) -DNAFit Fitness Results (click to download)

You're going to learn the background and science of how the process works, real world examples of how this information can be applied with significant benefits to health, performance and biomarkers, and how accurate the results are.

Do you have questions or feedback about how to use genetic testing to get personalized diet and fitness recommendations? Leave your comments at BenGreenfieldFitness.com!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast.
0:07.1	We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice
0:13.0	from the top fitness experts in the nation.
0:15.9	So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you're just trying to shove a few pounds,
0:20.7	get ready for non-runner-the-mill cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.
0:30.0	Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and we've actually talked about DNA testing and the whole
0:44.4	world of genetic testing and gene research on the podcast before.
0:49.0	If you've been listening for a while, you may remember my interview with author Spencer
0:53.8	Wells who wrote this book called Pandora's Seed in the title of that podcast episode
0:59.0	was the unforeseen cost of civilization, what you can do about it.
1:03.4	We actually talked about genes from more of an ancestral standpoint and how the way that
1:08.4	we're living nowadays might actually influence our health based off of the way that our ancestors
1:15.1	lived.
1:16.4	But we've actually come a pretty long way since that episode, just a little over one
1:20.6	year ago, for example, the genetic testing service 23 and me is one thing that you may
1:27.0	have seen in the news quite a bit where you can get little salivary tests and for like
1:31.5	99 bucks, you send it off and it used to be that you could get your health results from
1:36.0	that and 23 me had a bit of a slap down from the FDA when it comes to releasing specific
1:42.1	health information.
1:43.7	So now if you were to test through something like 23 and me, you would have to export those
1:48.9	results to a different service to get fitness, nutrition, information, et cetera.
1:55.0	That's what we're going to be talking about today.
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