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The Physiology of Movement (Part 1)
Physical exercise comes in a number of forms & shapes. However, every form involves movement of muscles. How do your muscles work? How are your genes involved? We have discussed in detail how our muscles work in our earlier blog. I am going to share briefly about muscle movement. Muscle movement is controlled by the
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Do you have specific trait when it comes to Dopamine Metabolism?
Dopamine, in simple terms, means happiness or reward you get from doing something you like. In scientific language, Dopamine is body’s chemical release due to its release in response to food, drugs, some achievement, sex or rewarding social interactions. It plays a variety of roles like control of movement, regulation of fluid balance & blood
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Leptin Resistance
We have briefly discussed Leptin in our earlier blog. Today we are going to discuss Leptin in detail & the role of genetics. Leptin is a hormone secreted by our fat cells (adipose tissues). It plays an important role in energy balance & regulation of body weight. Leptin’s main function is to interact with Brain
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Weight management & fat distribution: Does Genetics have an upper hand over diet?
Weight loss- by name itself appears simple – you eat less, eat healthy, burn more & indulge in more physical activity both-exercise & non-exercise(NEAT) related. However, there are folks who may face challenges in burning that extra pounds &/or maintaining weight loss. To make the matter worse, people may regain weight after shedding that extra
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How Genes Impact our Muscle Composition?
When we talk of workout, one size fits all standard solution is not something we endorse. Every individual is unique & responds to workout differently. A specific weight training schedule would have a different impact on each individual. Some people fatigue earlier than others (folks having more of a fast twitch muscle fibre in their
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Do genes impact our Metabolism?
Metabolism describes the way our body controls intake, storage & utilization of nutrients. Our body’s metabolism is an intricate system that involves stomach, brain, heart, pancreas, kidney, brown fat, white fat & many more tissue types. We feel hungry for a lot of reasons. The biggest one occurs when our body detects lack of readily
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Passion for Fitness has been recognized among top 200 Fitness Blogs of the World by Feedpost
Passion for Fitness has recently been recognized among top 200 fitness blogs of the world by a renowned and prestigious content marketing & distribution platform, Feedpost. Passion for Fitness has blended life science with digital fitness to offer genomics based personalized fitness solution for time-pressed folks. With a vision of helping 100 million people adopt
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Lactose Intolerance: Do Genes have a role to Play?
-Lactose intolerance is a digestive disorder caused by inability of the body to breakdown & digest lactose, the main carbohydrate in dairy products. It can happen at any age. There can be many reasons for people becoming lactose intolerant & genetics do play a role. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, about 65
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Introduction to Nutrigenetics
Listen in English Listen in Russian Listen in Spanish We all are different from the colour of eyes, curls of your hair to your skin complexion. This is attributed to genetics. We have come a long way in understanding the impact of our genes on how we look & how our bodies work. Before digging
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Strength vs Endurance Training: Aligning your workout with your genetic composition
Most of you who regularly workout would have a preconceived notion that you weight/strength training is necessary & plays a vital role when you want to shed that extra pounds. Your trainer or expert training you must be telling you not to do cardio or endurance training since it will lead to weight loss but
