Deepak Chopra - Super genes : unlock the astonishing power of your DNA for optimum health and well-being

In Super Genes, Drs. Deepak Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi illustrate the interplay of nature and nurture using cutting-edge genetic science and argue persuasively that adapting ones lifestyle can maximize the potential to transcend the inherited susceptibilities handed down to us from our parents.

James Gusella, Ph.D., director, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital

Once thought to be the domain of genes, the control of health and behavior is now dynamically linked to the environment and, more important, our perception of the environment. Super Genes, by Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi, is a paradigm-shattering synthesis of epigenetic science that offers an easy-to-understand explanation of the mechanisms by which consciousness and environment control our genetic activity. Drs. Chopra and Tanzis contribution is a valuable resource that empowers us to become the masters of our fate rather than the victims of our heredity.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., epigenetic scientist and bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution, and The Honeymoon Effect

The concept that biology is destiny is one of the most pathological and toxic exaggerations to emerge during the entire scientific era. This hard-core materialistic view has been a kind of psychological enslavement that has pushed many people into nihilism and despair. In Super Genes, Drs. Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi discuss new evidence that our genes are not our masters, but they respond in large measure to our choices and behaviors. The resulting view honors not just the body but the mind and spirit as wella vision that is as bright and hopeful as the old view was morbid and depressing. Super Genes is an important book. It will empower anyone who reads it, because it expands our view of what it means to be human.

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

Super Genes demolishes the myth that our genes determine our fate. Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi explain in breathtaking detail the magic of how our diet, our lifestyle, our thoughts, and even our gut bacteria or microbiome talk to our genes, regulating which genes get turned on or off, or turned up or down, influencing every aspect of our health. This is essential reading for anyone interested in turning on their health, weight loss, happiness, and longevity genes!

Mark Hyman, M.D., director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution

We used to think everything about us was either our genetics or our environment. But in Super Genes, Deepak Chopra and Rudi Tanzi adeptly teach us that its all about bothhow tightly they are intertwined. And what we can do about it.

Eric Topol, M.D., author of The Patient Will See You Now, and professor of genomics, the Scripps Research Institute

I have always been far more interested in how we can all optimize our health, as opposed to simply preventing disease. Both are important, no doubt, but teaching people how they can be betterbetter, faster, stronger, happieris so much more inspiring. It is what I loved about Super Brain, the first book Deepak and Rudolph wrote, and they now have a muscular follow-up with Super Genes. In many ways, Super Genes is the prequel to Super Brain, because it peers down into the very essence of who we are, what comprises us as human beings, and how much of what we experience is preordained destiny vs. being in our own control. The answer to these questions will inspire you.

We cannot be content to simply blame our genes, but to realize that we can control this blueprint for life and the way our body interprets it.

Flawlessly weaving together the complicated science of genetics with the touching stories of very real people, my friends Deepak and Rudolph have written a book that you wont put down. You will find yourself scribbling furious notes and sharing your new wisdom with the people you love. First they gave us all the ability to have Super Brains, and now they have done the same with our Super Genes.

Sanjay Gupta, M.D., neurosurgeon and author of Chasing Life, Cheating Death, and Monday Mornings

A groundbreaking and eye-opening account of recent discoveries in two new fieldsepigenetics and microbiomicsweaved with practical insights to optimize our own wellness and longevity. Rudy Tanzi and Deepak Chopra, renowned pioneers in their respective fields, have written one of the most important health books of the year.

Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., professor of psychiatry and medicine, Duke University

Super Genes will take you on an exciting journey of discovery about the ways genetic expression can be modified by simple lifestyle changes and even by how you use your mind. The essential message of this important book is that your genes alone do not determine your destiny. You can learn how to influence them to enjoy better health and optimum well-being. I recommend it.

Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging and Spontaneous Happiness

Our genes are a predisposition, but they are not our fate. The biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are often extraordinarily dynamicfor better and for worse. When we eat well, move more, stress less, and love more, our bodies often have a remarkable ability to transform and heal. Super Genes is a superb contribution to our growing knowledge that mind, brain, genome, and microbiome can act as a single system. Drs. Chopra and Tanzi continue to make pioneering contributions that are bringing integrative medicine into the mainstream. Highly recommended!

Dean Ornish, M.D., founder and president, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, and clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Chopra and Tanzi have written what will be a life-changing book for many. It will completely change your perspective on how our genes influence us and how we can influence them. Well researched, elegant, and engaging, Super Genes furthers our understanding of the potential that lies inside all of us. This is a must-read.

Steven R. Steinhubl, M.D., director, Digital Medicine, Scripps Translational Science Institute

This book brings you the sanest, most effective way to participate positively in the very evolution of our whole human species! Deepak and Rudy dont just bring you the wonderful news that you are not a victim of your genes, but dive straight into putting you in charge of your own health through easy, simple, inexpensive changes in your lifestyle that will improve your genome as they bring you, and even your unborn descendants, vibrant good health!

Elisabet Sahtouris, evolutionary biologist and futurist and author of Gaias Dance: The Story of Earth & Us

Super Genes is a superb contribution to our growing knowledge that mind, brain, genome, and microbiome are a single system. Congratulations to both Rudy and Deepak.

Keith L. Black, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and author of Brain Surgeon: A Doctors Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles

Genetics is a two-way street. Drs. Chopra and Tanzi show how the mind can tell the genes to heal the body.

Stuart Hameroff, M.D., Banner University Medical Center, the University of Arizona