Gary Brecka and DNA Methylation Tests

Be careful what you buy $$$$

DNA, Genetics, Genomics, Genes, Epigenetics or Methylation 🧬.

It can all get fairly confusing at the best of times trying to understand the science that is in many ways is compressed into the terminology that some companies use for a DNA Health test.

A DNA Methylation Test! 🧬

What is it, and what should you look out for. 👀

Well, a gentleman by the name of Gary Brecka has made this type of test quite popular over the last couple of months, but not unfortunately for the right reasons.

Firstly, he claimed that he could predict when someone will die ☠️ within a certain time frame based of a standard genetic test, which is where Gary gained his notoriety a few years back when he informed Dana White the owner of the UFC 🥊 that he had 10 years to live based off his genetic and other biomarker results.

Having worked in the field of nutrigenetics for the past 10 years and then incorporating epigenetics 🧬 analysis through Muhdo Health, I do have issues with the above statement.

This is impossible!!!

Even if you incorporated Epigenetic 🧬 and DNA methylation patterns and analysis into the equation, which could highlight someone’s gene function and the way those genes and you are possibly ageing!! 👵🏼

Its sounds great from a marketing point of view, but its total BS 💩 from a scientific and health advice standpoint unfortunately.

Yes, you can identify possible genetic 🧬 predispositions, pathways, and areas of interest to work on, but you cannot give someone a virtual countdown and a definitive answer as to when they will die. ☠️☠️

Also, the “DNA Methylation” tests which I see in abundance on social media and that Gary is promoting are stretching the truth somewhat, as 95% of them are looking at the genes, snps and pathways involved in methylation, but not actually looking at how those genes 🧬 are actually functioning. They are only a static test.

DNA methylation 🧬 is a process that happens billions of times per second where chemical markers called methyl groups sit above your DNA and genes and largely control how they function and as to whether they are turn up or down or on or off.

Taking a test which shows that you have certain variations in say MTHFR for instances only highlights how those particular genes may function.

It doesn’t show you how you are actually methylating 🧬 in real time, which in many ways is the most crucial part, which is exactly what we (Muhdo Health) offer.

The road of longevity, and science in general, will obviously be full of pitfalls and mistruths as people unfortunately rush to find that one key element or elixir 🧪that will provide us all with the keys to immortality.

But “we” as a community and those of us that are seen as experts need to do better to keep everyone up to date with the latest revelations whilst at the same time staying factually correct and not slightly exaggerating the truth to make a good marketing story.