{"id":722,"date":"2018-02-09T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movethecursors.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T11:15:46","slug":"the-importance-of-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/the-importance-of-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tLifestyle<\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n\u201dAn apple a day keeps the doctor away.\u201d<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>– English proverb with Welsh origin<\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\nLifestyle<\/i> is<\/i> defined<\/i> by Cambridge <\/i>dictionary<\/i> as <\/i>someone\u2019s<\/i> way<\/i> of living, the <\/i>things<\/i> that<\/i> a <\/i>person<\/i> or <\/i>particular<\/i> group of people <\/i>usually<\/i> do<\/i>.\r\n\r\nOur <\/i>lifestyle<\/i> is<\/i> how <\/i>we<\/i> live, and, to a certain <\/i>extent<\/i>, <\/i>it<\/i> reflects<\/i> who<\/i> we<\/i> are. A <\/i>lifestyle<\/i> can<\/i> also<\/i> reflect<\/i> our<\/i> attitude or <\/i>our<\/i> personal<\/i> values. The concept of <\/i>lifestyle<\/i>\u00a0 <\/i>includes<\/i> different<\/i> factors<\/i> like<\/i> diet<\/i>\/<\/i>food<\/i> habits, <\/i>physical<\/i> activity<\/i>, <\/i>working<\/i> habits, stress, <\/i>behaviour<\/i>, <\/i>way<\/i> of <\/i>consumption<\/i>, \u2026<\/i>etc<\/i>\r\n\r\nThe idea behind this column is to compare different lifestyles and to highlight the impact of our lifestyle to <\/i>our <\/i>health and to <\/i>our <\/i>ecosystem in <\/i>oder<\/i> to facilitate lifestyle choices and to increase awareness. <\/i>\r\n\r\nToday<\/i>, <\/i>in <\/i>our<\/i> modern world, <\/i>we<\/i> talk a lot about the <\/i>so<\/i> called<\/i> unhealthy<\/i> lifestyle<\/i> : <\/i>poor<\/i> diet<\/i>, smoking, <\/i>alcohol<\/i> consuming<\/i>, <\/i>drug<\/i> abuse, stress and <\/i>so<\/i> on. There <\/i>is<\/i> also<\/i> a lot of noise <\/i>regarding<\/i> the digital <\/i>evolution<\/i> that<\/i> the <\/i>overuse<\/i> and <\/i>misuse<\/i> of new <\/i>technology<\/i> will<\/i> threaten<\/i> the <\/i>physical<\/i> and mental <\/i>health<\/i> of <\/i>individuals<\/i>\u2026<\/i>\r\n\r\nGiven<\/i> the <\/i>progress<\/i> in science, a lot of <\/i>literature<\/i> has been been <\/i>published<\/i> to <\/i>evidence<\/i> that<\/i> lifestyle<\/i> factors<\/i> may<\/i> affect <\/i>human<\/i> health<\/i> via <\/i>\u201d<\/i>epigenetics<\/i>\u201d<\/i>.<\/i>\r\n\r\nI <\/i>am<\/i> no <\/i>scientist<\/i>, <\/i>my<\/i> understanding<\/i> of the <\/i>term<\/i> epigenetics<\/i> is<\/i> that<\/i> it<\/i> is<\/i> the <\/i>study<\/i> of changes in <\/i>organisms<\/i> brought<\/i> about by the modification of <\/i>gene<\/i> expressions, <\/i>rather<\/i> than<\/i> by the change of the <\/i>genetic<\/i> code in the <\/i>form<\/i> of DNA. <\/i>\r\n\r\nThe \u201c<\/i>epi<\/i>\u201d in <\/i>epigenetics<\/i> is<\/i> derived<\/i> from<\/i> the Greek <\/i>word<\/i> meaning<\/i> \u201c<\/i>above<\/i>\u201d or \u201cover.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Epigenetics<\/i> is<\/i> defined<\/i>\u00a0as the <\/i>study<\/i> of <\/i>any<\/i> process<\/i> that<\/i> alters<\/i> gene<\/i> activity<\/i> without<\/i> changing<\/i> the DNA <\/i>sequence<\/i>.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>More <\/i>simply<\/i>, <\/i>as <\/i>defined<\/i> by <\/i>whatisepigenetics.com<\/i>, <\/i>it<\/i> is<\/i> the <\/i>study<\/i> of <\/i>biological<\/i> mechanisms<\/i> that<\/i> will<\/i> switch <\/i>genes<\/i> on and off. <\/i>\r\n\r\nEpigenetics<\/i> is<\/i> a <\/i>relatively<\/i> new <\/i>branch<\/i> of\u00a0<\/i>genetics<\/i>. The <\/i>term<\/i> appeared<\/i> in the 1950\u2019s <\/i>when<\/i> it<\/i> was<\/i> used<\/i> to <\/i>denote<\/i> the <\/i>way<\/i> that<\/i> genes<\/i> interact<\/i> with<\/i> the <\/i>environment<\/i>, in <\/i>order<\/i> to <\/i>produce<\/i> each<\/i> individual<\/i> phenotype<\/i>.\u00a0<\/i>Although<\/i> the <\/i>field<\/i> of <\/i>epigenetics<\/i> is<\/i> in <\/i>its<\/i> infancy<\/i> and <\/i>there<\/i> is<\/i> still<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>much<\/i> to <\/i>learn<\/i>, <\/i>so<\/i> far the <\/i>evidence<\/i> shows <\/i>that<\/i> there<\/i> are <\/i>many<\/i> fundamental<\/i> lifestyle<\/i> factors<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>that<\/i> can<\/i> alter <\/i>gene<\/i> expression. <\/i>\r\n\r\nI <\/i>personally<\/i> find<\/i> this<\/i> field<\/i> of <\/i>epigenetics<\/i> exciting<\/i> and at the <\/i>same<\/i> time I do not <\/i>want<\/i> to <\/i>be<\/i> over <\/i>optimistic<\/i>. I do <\/i>not <\/i>want<\/i> to <\/i>particapte<\/i> in the <\/i>debate<\/i> of <\/i>whether<\/i> or not <\/i>we<\/i> can<\/i> change <\/i>our<\/i> genes<\/i> or change <\/i>our<\/i> brain<\/i> or change <\/i>our<\/i> destiny<\/i>, I <\/i>just<\/i> want<\/i> to <\/i>highlight<\/i> the importance of <\/i>our<\/i> lifestyle<\/i>.<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Lifestyle \u201dAn apple a day keeps the doctor away.\u201d\u00a0– English proverb with Welsh origin Lifestyle is defined by Cambridge dictionary as someone\u2019s way of living, the things that a person or particular group of people usually do. Our lifestyle is how we live, and, to a certain extent, it reflects who we are. A lifestyle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1229,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/1229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movethecursors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}