Nutrition & metabolism
How your body handles carbs, fat, dairy, and appetite.
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AMY1The starch gene
Controls how much carb-digesting enzyme your saliva makes
Read entryAPOEThe fat-and-brain gene
Affects how you handle dietary fat and certain long-term risks
Read entryEpigeneticsHow lifestyle shapes gene expression
How diet, stress, sleep, and environment switch genes on or off
Read entryFTOThe hunger gene
Influences appetite and weight gain on carb-heavy diets
Read entryLCTThe milk gene
Decides whether you digest milk into adulthood
Read entryTCF7L2The diabetes gene
The strongest common genetic link to type 2 diabetes risk
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