Your genes and your food, explained
Plain-English articles on genes, food and nutrients, from the team behind the reports.
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Not All DNA Tests Read the Same Genes.Here's What That Means for APOE.
October 5, 2026
In June 2026, the journal Nature Genetics published one of the largest genetic studies of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias so far. It pooled 52 studies, with about 128,700 people who had d...
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Why Can't I Lose Weight? Your DNA May Explain It
June 19, 2026
A look at what actually drives weight, why your genes change how you respond to fat, carbohydrates, and exercise, and what our new Weight and Metabolism Report can show you that generic diet advice...
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Why So Many People Start with Methylation and Diet Report
May 16, 2026
A look at what methylation actually is, why your genes change how you respond to things like folate and choline, and what a personalized Noorns report can show you that generic nutrition advice can...
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How Your DNA Can Help You Choose Supplements
March 28, 2026
There is no universal supplement stack that fits everyone well. What matters more is knowing where to start. That is where nutrigenomics can help. A good DNA-based nutrition report can help you nar...
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Inflammation - What to Measure, Eat, and Where Genes Fit
January 9, 2026
Inflammation is not the villain. It is the cleanup crew. The problem is when the cleanup crew never clocks out. This guide explains inflammation in plain language, why CRP shows up on labs, and how...
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COMT Warrior vs Worrier: Slow and Fast COMT Supplements
January 5, 2026
Some people take methylfolate or green tea and feel clear and calm. Others feel wired, anxious, or unable to sleep. This webinar companion breaks down why those reactions can happen through a simpl...
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SAMe and Methylation: What It Is and Why It Matters To You
November 22, 2025
SAMe sits at the crossroads of methylation, mood, detox, and joint health. This article explains how your body makes SAMe, how genes like MTHFR, MTR, AHCY, and FUT2 shape that process, and why food...
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How Noorns Solves Problems in Nutrigenomics Testing
November 2, 2025
Independent researchers found that most direct-to-consumer nutrigenetics tests lacked key elements: variant transparency, scientific citations, clear weighting, and privacy safeguards. Noorns was b...
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Folate vs. Folic Acid Explained: What You Should Know
October 21, 2025
Folate and folic acid are both forms of vitamin B9, but your body processes them differently. These small chemical differences can influence energy, mood, pregnancy health, and even how your genes ...
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Healthspan vs Lifespan: The Science of Aging Well
October 7, 2025
Two people can live to 85, but their final decades can look very different. The average person spends over ten years in poor health, but research shows it doesn’t have to be that way. This guide ex...
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Why Choline Matters: Brain, Liver, and Methylation Health
October 1, 2025
Choline is an often forgotten nutrient with an outsized role in health. It supports memory and learning, helps the liver process fat, and donates methyl groups to regulate gene activity. Yet most p...
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Why On-Device DNA Analysis Is the Gold Standard for Privacy
September 24, 2025
Your DNA file is not like any other download. It’s a permanent record of you and your family, and once it leaves your device, control may be gone for good. Regulators warn that DNA is uniquely iden...
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Illness Took My Career.Then It Gave Me New Purpose
September 17, 2025
Bailey Farstad never expected to leave physics. But a sudden illness in 2005 changed her trajectory, and, ultimately, her purpose. From Arizona’s desert skies to Oslo’s laser labs, to years rebuild...
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Nutrigenomics Testing: How Genes and Diet Connect
September 10, 2025
Nutrigenomics testing looks at how your genes influence the way you process food, offering a way to understand why the same plate lands so differently and where your own choices might have more imp...
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Is It Safe to Upload Your Raw DNA to ChatGPT?
September 2, 2025
Curiosity makes it tempting to paste your raw DNA file into ChatGPT and see what happens. But experts warn that what looks like a harmless jumble of letters is actually a permanent identifier, one ...
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Methylation Genetic Testing vs DNA Methylation Tests
August 29, 2025
One tool promises insights from your genes. Another offers a score from a mail‑in kit. Same word, methylation, two very different routes. What you want is simple: either a plan you can start today,...
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DNA File Privacy: On-Device vs Uploads
August 28, 2025
You download your raw DNA file, and it lands in the same folder as vacation photos. It looks like any other file. It isn’t. A DNA file is closer to a blueprint and a family portrait rolled into one...
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Best Foods for DNA Methylation
August 27, 2025
Folate, B12, choline, and betaine, keep a background system in your cells humming. That system doesn’t change your DNA; it helps your body use it smoothly, so energy, mood chemistry, and detox path...
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DNA Methylation 101: The Dimmer Switch for Gene Activity
August 26, 2025
You change breakfast and feel a bit better. You sleep more and your mood steadies, but not always. What’s going on upstream? One quiet player is DNA methylation.
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Epigenetics & Diet: A Practical Guide
August 24, 2025
You tweak your breakfast, sleep a bit better, maybe add a walk, and still feel stuck. If food is fuel, why does the same plate help your friend but do nothing for you? Epigenetics offers the miss...
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