Connecting our unique genetic picture with nutrition and lifestyle medicine may help optimise our mental and physical well-being. It may also prompt a bit more compassion for ourselves. Emma Beswick, from LifeCode Gx, tells us more.
We all know our genes are set for life, and can create predispositions towards certain health issues. But the good news is that nutrition and lifestyle medicine may support the unique genetic picture we each have, to help optimise mental and physical well-being. It's also the kind of information that may prompt a bit more compassion for ourselves. Emma Beswick, from LifeCode Gx, tells us more.
Emma's company has hugely advanced our ability to understand and use information about genes, facilitating real health breakthroughs for so many - and she is also one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet.
So Emma was the most ideal person I could ask to come on the show, and I was thrilled that she was able to join me for the very first interview on Nutrition With Love.
In this episode:
If you’d like a bit more information on the basics of thyroid health, do have a look at some of my previous blog posts:
https://www.transformationnutrition.org/post/my-thyroid-mistakes
https://www.transformationnutrition.org/post/nutrition-for-thyroid-health
Or, probably better, have a listen here:
https://www.transformationnutrition.org/post/audio-demystifying-thyroid-health
Emma Beswick is an entrepreneur with an impressive record of solutions delivery and business growth. After qualifying in Nutritional Therapy (2017), Emma created the first specialist nutrigenomics analysis service for health professionals, which evolved to become the full end to end testing service which is Lifecode Gx®. Emma is an expert, speaker and presenter and is a published researcher on nutrigenomics; she holds an MBA, and membership of BANT and of the IFM (Institute for Functional Medicine).
(NB this is not the same Emma I mentioned in my first episode; there are so many exceptional nutritionists called Emma.)
Lifecode Gx® are the leading experts in nutrigenomics testing and education, applying the latest genomics science to enable a preventative, proactive and personalised approach to health. They offer a range of specialist nutrigenomics test panels which inform how nutrition and lifestyle factors impact our genetic potential, so we can make positive changes that align with our genes to optimise health and well being. Tests are available via health professionals or directly from LifecodeGx as part of a package which includes practitioner support. Further details are available via https://www.lifecodegx.com/
Theme music is by Chris Marchand. You can find more of his work at https://chrismarchand.bandcamp.com/