Ashok Gupta answers a question about genetic susceptibility to certain conditions, stating that genetic predisposition exists but is not determinative. He emphasizes epigenetics — that gene expression is influenced by emotions, lifestyle, and other controllable factors — and that people can "retrain" to reduce expression of susceptible genes.
How do you know if there is a genetic susceptibility to this condition? Absolutely, there is a genetic susceptibility to these types of conditions, but that simply means that we need more retraining. Right. So even if we have a genetic susceptibility, our genes are not our destiny because there is something called epigenetics, which is the expression of those genes. So we have our genetic inheritance. But whether or not these genes express themselves and how they express themselves is based on our emotions and our lifestyle and other things going on in our lives and that we have control over.
