394: Dr. Ben Lynch on Rewriting Your Genetic Destiny

<p>Dr. Ben Lynch (IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/drbenlynch/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@drbenlynch</a>) is the bestselling author of <a href= "https://geni.us/z1PItRo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dirty Genes</a> and a leader in the field of nutrigenomics. He's also president of <a href= "https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/seekinghealth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seeking Health</a>, an innovative company providing supplements, courses, and tools designed to help people overcome genetic dysfunction and optimize health.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How the PBS show A Tale of Two Mice dramatically changed the direction of Ben’s life</li> <li>Growing up on a ranch working with sick and infertile animals</li> <li>Taking a year off university to backpack overseas</li> <li>Ben’s health started to deteriorate in India and how Ayurvedic medicine helped heal him</li> <li>His personal account of volunteering for Mother Teresa</li> <li>If you don’t have perspective how can you have empathy?</li> <li>Too much comfort makes people complacent</li> <li>The integrity behind Seeking Health supplements</li> <li>3 years of research went into creating Seeking Health's prenatal vitamin</li> <li>Children watch every move you make and learn by your actions</li> <li>Ben wants to teach his sons the value of travel</li> <li>How seeing an Ayurvedic practitioner changed Ben’s perspective on health</li> <li>Intermittent fasting 12 to 16 hours a day is part of a healthy lifestyle</li> <li>It’s ok to have dirty genes as long as you know how to clean them up</li> <li>You have to know what your core values are</li> <li>Ben’s journey through college, running a landscaping business, & studying Naturopathic medicine</li> <li>Realizing we are in control of our genes and how they express themselves</li> <li>Dirty genes we are born with vs. genes that are acting dirty</li> <li>The human body doesn’t want to waste resources on genetic expression</li> <li>Air pollution has a negative impact on yo