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Update Date: 2009/01/16 22:50 Chen Zhengyi
(AFP Sydney, 16th) Australian researchers have discovered that the human gene can remember the impact of a single dessert for up to two weeks, and long-term poor dietary habits may permanently alter DNA.
An Australian team, after studying the effects of diet on human heart tissue and mice, found that cells are affected by a single dessert for up to two weeks. During this period, cells shut down the gene regulatory mechanisms designed to protect the body from diabetes and heart disease.
Sam El-Osta, a principal researcher at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, stated: "We now know that the chocolate bar you eat in the morning can have very serious effects, and these effects can last up to two weeks."
He told the Australian Associated Press today: "These changes persist beyond the meal itself and have the ability to alter the body's natural metabolic response to diet."
He pointed out that frequent poor diets will reinforce this impact, causing genetic damage to persist for months or years, and the damaged genes may be passed on to future generations.
This research finding was published in the "Journal of Experimental Medicine."
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Australian Study: Poor Diet May Permanently Alter DNA
(AFP Sydney, 16th) Australian researchers have discovered that the human gene can remember the impact of a single dessert for up to two weeks, and long-term poor dietary habits may permanently alter DNA.
An Australian team, after studying the effects of diet on human heart tissue and mice, found that cells are affected by a single dessert for up to two weeks. During this period, cells shut down the gene regulatory mechanisms designed to protect the body from diabetes and heart disease.
Sam El-Osta, a principal researcher at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, stated: "We now know that the chocolate bar you eat in the morning can have very serious effects, and these effects can last up to two weeks."
He told the Australian Associated Press today: "These changes persist beyond the meal itself and have the ability to alter the body's natural metabolic response to diet."
He pointed out that frequent poor diets will reinforce this impact, causing genetic damage to persist for months or years, and the damaged genes may be passed on to future generations.
This research finding was published in the "Journal of Experimental Medicine."
Source: http:/ / tw. news. yahoo. com/ art……url/ d/ a/ 090116/ 19/ 1d42h. html