Dirty Genes Quotes

“And it turns out that dopamine is made from protein—specifically, from the amino acid known as tyrosine, which is found in both animal and vegetable forms of protein.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“gunked”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“Grow broccoli sprouts and radish sprouts. I’ll warn you—the taste is quite potent! But you’ll get tremendous glutathione support. It’s the combination of sprout types that does it. Eating broccoli sprouts on the third day after they sprout gives maximum benefits.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“Eduardo had been born with a dirty MTHFR. That genetic profile provided him with hard-driving determination and boatloads of motivation—but when his MTHFR got too dirty, Eduardo struggled with irritability and a hair-trigger temper.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“It’s important to understand this for two reasons. First, many doctors and other health practitioners prescribe folic acid, especially to pregnant women. No. Stop. If you need to take a supplement beyond what you can find in your diet, take folate. If it says “folic acid,” put the package down.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“Folic Acid Okay, just about everybody gets this one wrong, but I want you to get it right. The natural form of B9 is called folate, and the active version of that natural form—that is, folate that’s immediately usable by the body—is called methylfolate, a key compound for methylation. If you have any trouble methylating, you probably want to consume lots of folate, so that even if your methylation process isn’t efficient, you’ll end up with all the methylfolate you need. You find folate in leafy green vegetables such as spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens, and romaine lettuce.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“liposomal glutathione. This nutrient, which many people are low in, helps countless important pathways. Don’t take it unless you’re already taking a multivitamin, however.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“your sleep with the Sleep Cycle app or the ŌURA ring (see the Resources section). Tracking your sleep helps you spot trends. I’ve spotted many trends in my own sleep through tracking, and have altered my habits to obtain more deep sleep and REM. I’ve improved from averaging six minutes—yes, only six minutes!—of deep sleep and an hour of REM per night to now averaging forty-five minutes of deep sleep and three hours of REM. Good news: I’ve shared all my tricks with you here in this book.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“Although you can get choline from some vegetables, such as spinach and beets, most vegans and vegetarians are deficient in it, just as they tend to be deficient in B12. Vegans and vegetarians, you guys do need to supplement with choline and B12, regardless of whether you have a dirty MTHFR or not.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“First, the levels of homocysteine that most doctors consider “normal” are actually way too high. Most doctors consider 15 micromoles per liter or higher to be high. For me, anything above 7 micromoles per liter is high.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“Sure enough, after a few days of taking methylfolate and avoiding folic acid, Taylor felt better; her depression lifted quickly.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“So Jamal began loading up his diet with arginine-rich foods: arugula, bacon, beets, bok choy, celery, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, fennel, leeks, mustard greens, parsley, and watercress.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You

“advised her to take liposomal glutathione (an over-the-counter supplement) on a graduated dosage: she started with a tiny bit and moved up slowly in response to her symptoms. This supplemented her body’s own inadequate production of glutathione, a key antioxidant.”
― Ben Lynch, Dirty Genes: A Revolutionary Approach to Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Genetics and Personalized Plans for a Happier, Healthier You