A Younger You = DNA + the Power of the Brain

Understanding DNA has been an important scientific breakthrough because it is the map to the mind and body. This code identifies and predicts which familial traits and illnesses have been handed down to you. The pauses can be partially determined by our heredity. Our ancestors may have suffered from the illnesses we currently have and passed down their genetic code to us. Our DNA controls how we will emotionally and physically deal with these illnesses. But DNA offers limited information. Genetic testing is mostly valuable for the young, not for the old. By the time we are old, we have already developed into our medical destiny.

A younger you begins with understanding what we’re made of so that we can make the necessary fixes. Once we know our DNA, we can work with the one organ that controls all health: the brain. To prevent or reverse aging and sickness, we need to control and enhance the electrical signals that are sent from the brain to the body. The key then is keeping your brain young so that you can have a younger body and a more beautiful you, improving on your DNA and repealing its forecast.

Brain-body medicine has changed the way we think about and ultimately diagnose disease. The irritable bowel syndrome you thought you had can now be traced to an anxiety disorder; the dementia your grandmother suffered from may have been undiagnosed depression; the carbohydrate addiction you once faced turned out to be a dopamine imbalance; or the fibromyalgia your uncle was diagnosed with was a result of a serotonin deficiency. All of these conditions can improve once the source of the problem is recognized.