Knowing Your DNA Test Results May Affect How You Train

I read an interesting article written by Tony Sarno about DNA testing and its results on how you train. I'm thinking of getting myself tested. Read below and let me know what you think. I included the link for the remainder of the article.




​It’s when you first get your genomic test results that you start getting the “aha” moments. Lots of
them. Things that have always puzzled you about yourself are suddenly explained when parts of
your genome — the collection of genes that describes how you were built — are laid out in front of
you.
I took the “Genome Wellness Test” offered by Australian company smartDNA because it’s part of a
trend in which biotechnology firms are offering DNA testing services direct to the consumer, rather
than just health care institutions. Several companies in the U.S. will now test your genome for
everything from your true ethnicity to your susceptibility to disease and sports you might be good at.
Tests need to cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which ensures they are
clinically validated.
The first “aha” moment came for me with the answer to why I always take longer to recover from
hard exercise than most of my equally fit friends. The genomic test results told me I carry a variant of
the MCT-1 gene that ensures I have a hard time ridding my muscle cells of lactate.
Wow. Had I known that’s what it was all this time, I might have taken measures to prevent it, such as
taking magnesium, which helps cells remove lactate. And I would have reviewed how I train.
Another mystery was solved: my tendency to put on belly fat despite regular weights sessions. My
shoulders, back and chest look good but I seem to have a stubborn layer of belly fat. That’s
probably because I possess an ancient “thrifty” gene (ADRB2) that predisposes me to belly and
visceral fat, together with several other pro-fat genes. But, worse, a variant of the INSIG2 gene
means that when I train with heavy weights, I tend to put on fat as well as muscle. The obvious
solution is to switch from lifting heavy weights to workouts with more and lighter reps. I wish I’d
known this years ago.
On the social front, I’ve always wondered why my friends can drink endless cups of coffee when
more than a couple turn me into an agitated wreck who can’t sleep at night. The genomic test
reveals that a variant of my CYP1A2 gene codes renders a less-effective version of a coffee metabolizing enzyme. So if I have no more than two cups of coffee a day from now on, I will sleep
better and my risk of hypertension and heart disease will go right down.

Interested in reading more......

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