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Volume 4, Letter 31
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July 21, 2014
Fathers have profound genetic effects on their offspring. What we believed 20 years ago is long since disproven regarding many genetic and behavioral effects. There are a few hundred imprinted genes that a father provides that are critical to a child's growth that a mother does not have.
While reading Do Fathers Matter, I rediscovered a researcher that is excellent. Michael Skinner has shown us a snapshot of the genetic effects of fathers on their offspring through rat studies. They found that the genetic effects in the 1st generation are conserved in future generation's genomes through epigenetic shifts. There are a myriad of triggers to these epigenetic shifts. In Dr. Skinner's work, he exposed rats to vinclozolin, a fungicide used on fruit and vegetable plants. Vinclozolin turned off some rat genes that were previously on and had the opposite effect on other genes. These abnormal gene changes were found in multiple generations of rat offspring.
This data was further evaluated in humans by Dr. T. Desrosiers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Published in the Journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, her team evaluated the effects of chemical exposure in fathers at work and subsequent birth defects in offspring. They found positive correlations between paternal chemical exposure and birth defects. These correlations also exist with autism hot spots. The evidence of paternally transmitted gene/chemical interactions is growing.
What we now know is that a father's preconception activity affects the sperm and it's DNA expression. Chemicals, diet, stress, drugs are the major players in these shifts and most men are oblivious to this fact.
We have long concentrated on maternal health as the only guide to a child's genetic and infancy health. This data is telling us to concentrate on fathers and their health overall.
The same theme of preventing illness in mothers stands for fathers:
1) Avoid chemicals and drugs where possible
3) Stress reduction
4) Adequate daily exercise
5) Adequate sleep
Paying attention to fathers,
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Europeans and Americans have vastly different ways of handling eggs. They do not spray them with chemicals while we do. They do not refrigerate. We do. If you go to a grocery store in England, the eggs are on a normal non refrigerated shelf.
Why the difference? One word - Salmonella.
Salmonella is a bacterium that can infect an egg during development or by contaminating the shell of an egg from an infected hen's feces. It can cause a diarrheal disease with vomiting and dehydration. Death is an extremely rare event.
From the Business Insider Journal: "In the U.S., the Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires that eggs destined to be sold on supermarket shelves - called graded eggs - are washed and sprayed with a chemical sanitizer before they are sold to the public to reduce the risk of salmonella infection." On the surface of it this seems like excellent public policy.
Europe has also mandated vaccinations of hens against salmonella. This has led to a rapid decline in salmonella cases. This seems prudent and likely helps our
micro biome by allowing some exposure to microbes on the egg shell that will not hurt us.
The US policy is unlikely to change. This is more of an informational letter and education for you when you visit local farmers. Ask if they vaccinate and refrigerate.
if you do refrigerate your eggs, then leaving them out for hours can cause them to sweat. This moisture can increase the growth of the bacteria.
Eggs are an excellent source of choline, protein and cholesterol. A great food.
Dr. M
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Fastfood Experiment Week 2.
No appreciable difference other than drying out so far. No signs of bacterial or fungal disease.
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| Recipe of the Week |
EGGS in Chorizo
Ingredients:
2 Eggs
2 TBSP Chorizo from Wild Turkey Farms
per serving
Fruit
Directions:
In a pan take ground chorizo and cook on medium heat until brown. Remove from pan and then pan fry two eggs over easy in left over fat. Serve with fresh fruit and a cup of Earl Grey tea. A favorite breakfast of mine.
Dr. M
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