Super Genes Quotes

“unpredictability, repetition, and lack of control are the aggravating factors in stress.”
― Deepak Chopra, Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being

“Working on your deep psychological issues opens the possibility for psychological freedom, making you independent of your past and the scars you carry around with you. These are meaningful choices that go beyond the limited definition of stress management, yet it’s this kind of change that transforms someone’s life.”
― Deepak Chopra, Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being

“The two major threats to well-being—illness and aging—are constantly present. Out of sight, without your knowing it, your present good health is being silently undermined. Abnormal processes are taking place in everyone’s body at a microscopic level. Anomalies inside a cell that affect only a cluster of molecules or the shape of one enzyme are virtually undetectable.”
― Deepak Chopra, Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being

“we are now finding that more than one genome can be found in the nucleus of a single human cell. More specifically, some people have been found with groups of cells that contain multiple gene mutations occurring nowhere else in their body. This can happen when the genomes of two different eggs fuse together into one egg. A pregnant mother can even gain new genomes in her cells from her child, who leaves fetal cells behind after birth. These cells can migrate to the mother’s organs, even the brain, and be absorbed. This event is known as mosaicism, and it looks to be far more common than ever imagined. In some cases, mosaicism is believed to contribute to diseases like schizophrenia, but for the most part it is considered benign. Even among Darwinian”
― Deepak Chopra, Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being