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So what is an adapted gene?

Okay, let's talk about that.

So an adapted gene is usually some plant or herb that increases the ability to adapt

and avoid damage from harmful factors.

The Latin word for adapted gene is adapt air, which means to adjust or fit.

And the Greek word for gen means produced by or generated by.

So an adapted gene generates the ability to adapt or adjust to stress.

And if we define stress, stress is something that threatens homeostasis, another word that

I want to define.

Homeostasis is this steady state of equilibrium.

For example, different fluids have different pHs in your body.

You have a normal temperature, 98.6.

You have normal pulse rate that should be maybe 72.

You have blood pressure, 120 over 80.

You have blood sugars, which is usually about 82.

So you have all these different normal values that are generated by different mechanisms

that control homeostasis, which is your internal ability to adapt to the environment, to keep

things normal.

But when you actually have stress and it pushes some of these factors out of balance, for

example, when your stress and cortisol goes up, an adapted gene can bring that back

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