Dr. Tyna Moore
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So
That's fine.
But it was such an ignorant thing to say because it's wrong.
And there are genetic components and there are epigenetic components.
And this is not a podcast episode about the nuance of the disease of obesity.
We can do that another day.
I talked to Dr. Spencer Nadolsky.
We can put that episode in the show notes.
He goes into it a bit.
But here's the thing.
Those genes, those epigenetic components,
influences, those are all turned on or off by your lifestyle.
So while there are definitely genetic propensities towards obesity, those genes act more strongly, if you will, in the presence of high levels
refined carbohydrate intake, lack of exercise, all the things, right?
So you can turn the ship to a large degree through lifestyle when it comes to obesity.
That doesn't mean that obesity is not a disease.
That does not mean that obesity does not have genetic components and epigenetic components.
It's nuanced.
It's both.
All right.