3: Rewriting Your DNA through Meditation
Building Your Best Brain · synaptic.sylvie
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Show Notes
Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast!
In this episode we:
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What is DNA? How is it organized? Where do we get it?
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How is each cell so different but have the exact same DNA?
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Where our genes meet our environment.
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What is meditation?
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Meditation, aging and your epigenetics.
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Epigenetic aging.
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What does this mean when it comes to meditation?
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References:
Chaix R, Álvarez-López MJ, Fagny M, Lémée L, Regnault B, et al. (2017) Epigenetic clock analysis in long-term meditators. Psychoneuroendocrinology: 210-214.
Chaix R, Fagny M, Cosín-Tomás M, Álvarez-López MJ, Lémée L, et al. (2020) Differential DNA methylation in experienced meditators after an intensive day of mindfulness-based practice: Implications for immune-related pathways. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: 36-44.