“We are not victims of our genetic code.
We are, in fact, masters of our fate.”
“We are not victims of our genetic code.
We are, in fact, masters of our fate.”
“We are not victims of our genetic code. We are, in fact, masters of our fate.”
Our health is the expression of how we live our lives, what we eat, how we process thoughts, manager our daily stress, and shield ourselves from the toxicity of our immediate environment. These factors create an internal biochemistry that has the ability to turn genes on or off.
Learn the steps each of us can take today to change our genetic expression for a lifetime of vitality and longevity with the new science of ‘epigenetics’ – opening the door to personalized medicine.
Our health is the expression of how we live our lives, what we eat, how we process thoughts, manager our daily stress, and shield ourselves from the toxicity of our immediate environment. These factors create an internal biochemistry that has the ability to turn genes on or off.
Learn the steps each of us can take today to change our genetic expression for a lifetime of vitality and longevity with the new science of ‘epigenetics’ – opening the door to personalized medicine.
Our health is the expression of how we live our lives, what we eat, how we process thoughts, manager our daily stress, and shield ourselves from the toxicity of our immediate environment. These factors create an internal biochemistry that has the ability to turn genes on or off.
Learn the steps each of us can take today to change our genetic expression for a lifetime of vitality and longevity with the news science of 'epigenetics' - opening the door to personalized medicine.
Foreword by Dr. Andrew Weil
Foreword by Dr. Andrew Weil
"Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier's intent has always been to lead us to discover what more each of us can do to make healthier choices. While the right equation may not be “mind over matter,” it is profoundly true, as Ken likes to say, that our mind matters! That’s why in this book he asks this crucial question: “What does epigenesis tell us about our own untapped potentials and our self-limiting beliefs?” Answering it, and coming up with health-optimizing practices based on that answer, is a central purpose of this effort."
—Dr. Andrew Weil in his foreword to 'Change Your Genes, Change Your Life'
"Dr. Kenneth Pelletier’s latest book redefines your genes from something you are stuck with to something you have profound influence over by the choices you make every day – how you eat, sleep, move, relax and the environment you live in. If you want to be empowered to be the expression of yourself, read this book."
- Mark Hyman, MD, #1 NYT bestselling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? and the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
"Dr. Pelletier, a true pioneer in mind-body medicine and integrative health research, makes a compelling case for why understanding our own unique genetic make-up can allow us to each make lifestyle and medical choices that can truly alter the trajectory of our lives. Scientifically based, informative, and thought-provoking.”
— Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Author, National Geographic’s Fortify Your Life
“The future of healthcare will be preventable, personalized, predictable, and participatory. Read this book to find out how.”
— Deepak Chopra, MD, Founder of the Chopra Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine
“Dr. Pelletier continues in his visionary streak of anticipating and informing people about critical emerging trends in health promotion. In this newest book, he turns his sights on understanding the potential of lifestyle choices on changing the expression of the genes that shape our health.”
—David S. Sobel, MD, MPH, Adjunct Lecturer, Stanford University School of Medicine; Former Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente Northern California; author of The Mind & Body Health Handbookiation, Chief Medical Officer, iHope Network
“In a health literate and innovative way, Dr. Pelletier unravels the mystery of your genes and the epigenetic inputs throughout life that continue to program your genes. Reading this book is an essential epigenetic input that will help you optimize your gene expression.”
— Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, Seventeenth Surgeon General of The United States, Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
"Leave it to Kenneth Pelletier to once again not only tackle the importance of this rapidly evolving field but, as with his other timely books, to make the practical application of these breakthroughs easy to understand for most readers. No one does it better.”
Steven E. Locke, MD, Associate Clinical, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Chief Medical Officer, iHope Network
“Healthy aging has been my passion for over 40 years. During that time I have always found the pioneering research and writings of my longtime friend Ken Pelletier to be invaluable. ”
— Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., author of A New Purpose: Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success
“Dr. Pelletier has integrated decades of experience and research on how our genes truly respond to our lifestyle, on the role of stress, consciousness and gut health – and he offers us our own dashboard of markers, guidance systems and practices to fulfill our potential as radiant, thriving beings.”
— Foster Gamble, Co-creator, THRIVE Movie and Movement
“Not only does this book provides a scientific basis for our ability to shape our health trajectories through belief and lifestyle choices, but it also outlines the emerging power of personalized medicine. It’s must-read for everybody interested in integrative medicine!”
— Emeran A. Mayer, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Oppenheimer Center at the UCLA Microbiome Center, Author of The Mind-Gut Connection
“An integrative medicine pioneer shares cutting-edge insights into the power of epigenetics to upgrade the genetic cards of life you have been dealt.”
—Mehmet Oz, MD, Professor, New York Presbyterian Columbia, Emmy Award Winning Host, The Dr Oz Show
“Dr. Pelletier has been a trusted colleague for many years as well as an inspiration on the journey for health and wellness. In this book he has tackled the difficult subject of genomics and given us all hope that we still have control over our destinies as they relate to health.”
— K. Andrew Crighton, MD, Past Chairman of the Health Enhancement Research Organization
“So you think health is all in your genes? Think again. It in your epigenes! Dr. Pelletier once again show he is a master translator of this complex science into the simple and useable. Read it. Use it.”
— Wayne Jonas, MD, Executive Director, Samueli Integrative Health Programs; Former Director, Office of Alternative Medicine at the NIH; author of How Healing Works
“Dr. Pelletier’s “Change Your Genes-Change Your Life” will revolutionize the belief that we are inexorably controlled by our genes, and provide the same opportunity for redefining health as his landmark book “Mind as Healer - Mind as Slayer” did for the body-mind revolution in 1977.”
— Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, FACB, President, Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute
In his 2023 newly expanded and updated book, world-renowned integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier reveals steps each of us can take to change our genetic expression for a lifetime of vitality and longevity.
Dr. Pelletier explains what will soon become the standard reference for measuring which specific lifestyle changes are required to optimize a given individual’s health and open the door to what futurists call personalized medicine.
We now understand that our inherited DNA does not rigidly determine our health and disease prospects as geneticists once believed. In fact, scientists have confirmed that the vast majority of our genes are actually fluid and dynamic! An endless supply of new studies prove that our health is an expression of how we live our lives, what we eat, how we process thoughts, manage our daily stress, and shield ourselves from the toxicity of our immediate environment creates an internal biochemistry which has the ability to turn genes on or off.
This era of epigenetics provides new avenues of prevention, treatment and reversals of heart disease, intestinal disorders, cancer, arthritis, stress conditions, as well as Alzheimer’s disease. Managing these biochemical effects on our genome is the new key to radiant wellness and healthy longevity. State-of-the-art technology now constructs precise, high-tech genomic assays that provide highly detailed personalized profiles to guide our health choices. Genomic data, combined with microbiome assessments, will soon analyze trillions of gut bacteria for markers of epigenetic influence.
