DNA Supplements - The Next Trend?
September 11, 2008
Breakthroughs in DNA sequencing are beginning to influence how supplements are being made. Aside from the old Myostatin Inhibitor scam supplements put out anout 8 years ago, the first two companies to actually take DNA into consideration when formulating supplements are GeneWize Life Sciences and another company called Nu Bound (pictured on left).
The Genewize Approach
Unlike Nu Bound, clients using Genewize supplements swab their cheeks for DNA and mail it to a testing laboratory, where their genetic makeup is examined to determine what optimal supplement treatments should be. Some of that DNA is examined, in particular 12 of the 25,000 genes that make up the long DNA molecule. Analysts search for breaks in the normal genetic pattern in certain genes that are connected to health and disease. The base pairs on the gene of the double-helix-shaped DNA send signals to amino acids to build proteins. If the base pairs are out of sequence just a little bit on certain genes, it could foul things up - not necessarily a great deal, but enough to make the person more vulnerable to certain diseases. An abnormal pattern in a person’s gene, called a polymorphism, might be shared by 1 percent or 2 percent or 5 percent of the rest of the population. In those cases, the gene can signal the body to make too much, or too little, or the wrong kind of a protein that is key to promoting or protecting against a malady. Once this data has been analyzed, the appropriate adjustments to daily supplement intake can be adjusted.
Last Word On DNA Supplements
You may have seen the editorial write up on Nu Bound in Muscle & Fitness but if not, I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of this product in the coming months. With all the hype over gene doping at the Olympics this past year, innovative companies will hop on this DNA supplement boat. As WWE star commentator Jesse “The Body” Ventura used to say “Don’t forget where you heard it first!”
SOURCE: Genewize
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