With the new Jurassic sequel, Jurassic World: Dominion, arriving in the movie world, this generates a new interest in the concept of genetics and genetic engineering. The dinosaurs in Jurassic World were genetically engineered to be only female, however, in some of the genetic splicing there was a frog that could change sex from female to male, but it involved different mechanisms and environmental factors; subsequently, they reproduced.
The facts are that there is a species of frog in West Africa that can change the sex from female to male if there are no males in their habitat. As it is said in Jurassic World, “life finds a way”. This was based upon science discovered in the 1980s.
What are genes?
It is amazing how God created the human body and genetics. Genes are made up of DNA which we all inherit from our parents. In the center of the DNA molecule are thread-like structures call chromosomes. As the dinosaurs mutating their genes based upon their environment, so we are affected by our environment. Genes have a lot to do with our health.
Our environmental factors
Genes are not the only influence on our health—our lifestyle and the world around us also affects our health. These environmental factors, such as clean air, clean water, and our lifestyle choices, like smoking or exercise, also affect our health.
Your well-being is the result of your lifestyle choices. These choice include spiritual beliefs, psychological well-being, and even including personal choices, such as:
- Stress, especially from work or family, can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, and other health problems. That’s why it is so important to find healthy ways to resolve the stress; for example, either by exercise, get therapy, or reduce alcohol intake. During the pandemic, alcohol seemed to be the drug of choice for “getting through” the isolation.
- Cigarette smoking is shown to cause more than 10 types of cancer, including lung, kidney, liver, colon, and breast. It is also linked to heart disease, stroke and other diseases.
- Obesity is tied to several health problems, like stroke, diabetes, cancers, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and more.
What can I do?
You may have a genetic disposition to having heart disease, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s, but you can reduce your risks by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which includes spiritual well-being, exercise, psychological well-being, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining your hormones at healthy levels, as prescribed by your healthcare provider, to ensure you can keep that healthy lifestyle going.
Find that inspiration within yourself to take care of yourself. Remember to “Never give up”. It isn’t just a meaningless phrase, it what will make the difference between a healthy you and the opposite. If you need encouragement, please reach out to me.
Kind regards,
Dr. Mike
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