nutrition and genetics

[Guest guest]

Can anyone point me toward literature that discusses the influence of

nutrition on genes? I'm having a discussion with someone who has a PhD in

chemistry and wrote a book or two on mercury excretion and he says that

excretion is a genetic issue and that nutrition has nothing to do with it. I

respect his research and work on this subject, but have a hard time

believing that nutrition has nothing to do with the defect that renders some

people unable to excrete mercury (or other toxins) properly. My thinking is

that there was an *initial* nutritional cause a generation or more back from

the non-excretor. Otherwise, non-excretors would've been selected out of the

population long ago I would think.

I know from the pet health lists I've been on over the years, that many

diseases that were considered to be genetic by the conventional vet

establishment, turn out to somehow be " miraculously " curable via dietary

intervention in many cases. I'm sure the same possibilities are true for our

species as well, and I've read literature that discusses this, but I don't

remember where or by whom. Did Price get into this subject?

So, I'm looking for any info on the connection between nutrition and gene

expression, whether it's dealing with populations over generations or

individuals. TIA :-)

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

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