Prenatal Imprinting: How Pregnancy Can Influence Your Child’s Genes
Prenatal Imprinting: How Pregnancy Can Influence Your Child’s Genes Most expectant women are warned that drinking alcohol, smoking, and eating certain foods can have serious consequences for the growth and development of their unborn children. They’re also told that certain genetic factors are responsible for determining the destiny of their baby. But there are a few other less commonly known factors that come into play when it comes to an unborn baby’s health and well-being – starting with the environment in the womb, where prenatal imprinting begins. Not a Victim but a MASTER of Genetics According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, many human diseases have a genetic component. This means that certain diseases can be passed down from grandparents to parents, and then to the child through their genes. Say, for example, that your family has a history of diabetes or cancer. Current conventional knowledge states that there is an increased likelihood that you could develop diabetes or cancer, too. What many people don’t know is that a genetic predisposition isn’t …