Način na koji možemo promijeniti naše gene je da stvorimo nove, kao što je Craig Venter elegantno prikazao. Drugi način je da promijenimo svoj način života. Saznajemo zapravo koliko ove promjene mogu biti moćne i dinamične, da ne morate čekati dugo kako biste vidjeli rezultate. Kada se zdravije hranite, kontrolišete stres, vježbate i volite više, vaš mozak zapravo dobija više krvi i kisika. Osim toga, vaš mozak postaje znatno veći. Stvari koje ste smatrali nemogućim prije par godina sada se zapravo mogu kontrolisati. Ovo je odgonetnuo Robin Williams par godina prije nas ostalih.
One way to change our genes is to make new ones, as Craig Venter has so elegantly shown. Another is to change our lifestyles. And what we're learning is how powerful and dynamic these changes can be, that you don't have to wait very long to see the benefits. When you eat healthier, manage stress, exercise and love more, your brain actually gets more blood flow and more oxygen. But more than that, your brain gets measurably bigger. Things that were thought impossible just a few years ago can actually be measured now. This was figured out by Robin Williams a few years before the rest of us.
Naime, vi možete doprinijeti tome da vaš mozak razvije nove moždane ćelije. Neke od stvari koje su meni najdraže: čokolada i čaj, borovnice, umjerena konzumacija alkohola, kontrolisanje stresa i kanabinoidi koje se nalaze u marihuani. Ja samo prenosim poruku. (Smijeh) O čemu smo ono pričali? (Smijeh) I ostale stvari koje mogu pogoršati stvari, koje uzrokuju gubitak moždanih ćelija. Tipični uzročnici kao što su zasićene masti i šećer, nikotin, opijati, kokain, previše alkohola i hronični stres.
Now, there's some things that you can do to make your brain grow new brain cells. Some of my favorite things, like chocolate and tea, blueberries, alcohol in moderation, stress management and cannabinoids found in marijuana. I'm just the messenger. (Laughter) What were we just talking about? (Laughter) And other things that can make it worse, that can cause you to lose brain cells. The usual suspects, like saturated fat and sugar, nicotine, opiates, cocaine, too much alcohol and chronic stress.
Vaša koža dobija veći protok krvi kada promijenite način života, tako da sporije starite. Vaša koža ne dobija toliko bora. Vaše srce dobija veći protok krvi. Pokazali smo da se srčana bolest može povući. Ove začepljene arterije koje možete vidjeti u gornjem lijevom uglu, mogu biti znatno manje začepljene nakon samo jedne godine. Kardijalno PET skeniranje u lijevom donjem uglu, plavo znači da nema protoka krvi. Nakon godinu dana narančasta i bijela znače najveći protok. Pokazali smo da možete zaustaviti napredovanje i povući rak prostate u ranim fazama i, samim tim, rak dojke, ako pravite ove promjene. Otkrili smo da se spriječio razvoj tumora in vitro 70 posto u grupi koja je pravila ove promjene, a samo 9 posto u kontrolnoj grupi.
Your skin gets more blood flow when you change your lifestyle, so you age less quickly. Your skin doesn't wrinkle as much. Your heart gets more blood flow. We've shown that you can actually reverse heart disease. That these clogged arteries that you see on the upper left, after only a year become measurably less clogged. And the cardiac PET scan shown on the lower left, the blue means no blood flow. A year later -- orange and white is maximum blood flow. We've shown you may be able to stop and reverse the progression of early prostate cancer and, by extension, breast cancer, simply by making these changes. We've found that tumor growth in vitro was inhibited 70 percent in the group that made these changes, whereas only nine percent in the comparison group. These differences were highly significant.
Ove razlike su bile vrlo važne. Čak i vaši spolni organi dobijaju veći protok krvi, tako da povećavate svoju seksualnu potenciju. Jednu od najefektivnijih reklama protiv pušenja je napravio Odjel za zdravstvene usluge, koji je pokazao da nikotin, koji sužava arterije, može izazvati srčani napad ili moždani udar, a može izazvati i impotenciju. Pola muškaraca koji puše su impotentni. Koliko je to privlačno?
Even your sexual organs get more blood flow, so you increase sexual potency. One of the most effective anti-smoking ads was done by the Department of Health Services, showing that nicotine, which constricts your arteries, can cause a heart attack or a stroke, but it also causes impotence. Half of guys who smoke are impotent. How sexy is that? Now we're also about to publish a study --
Uskoro ćemo objaviti prvu studiju prema kojoj je moguća promjena gena kod oboljelih od raka prostate. Ovo se zove "toplotna mapa", i različite boje, a sa desne strane su različiti geni. Otkrili smo da se preko 500 gena promijenilo nabolje, aktivirajući pri tome dobre gene, koji spriječavaju bolesti, a deaktiviraju se geni koji potiču bolest.
the first study showing you can change gene expression in men with prostate cancer. This is what's called a heat map -- and the different colors -- and along the side, on the right, are different genes. And we found that over 500 genes were favorably changed -- in effect, turning on the good genes, the disease-preventing genes, turning off the disease-promoting genes.
Mislim da su ova jako važna otkrića, a mnogim ljudima pružaju novu nadu i nove izbore. Kompanije kao što su Navigenics, DNA Direct i 23andMe, koje vam daju vaše genetske profile, daju nekim ljudima osjećaj, "Bože, pa šta da radim u vezi s tim?" Naši geni ne određuju našu sudbinu, a ako napravimo ove promjene, oni su predispozicija, ali uz veće promjene koje inače ne bismo napravili, možemo zapravo promijeniti način na koji se naši geni izražavaju. Hvala. (Aplauz)
And so these findings I think are really very powerful, giving many people new hope and new choices. And companies like Navigenics and DNA Direct and 23andMe, that are giving you your genetic profiles, are giving some people a sense of, "Gosh, well, what can I do about it?" Well, our genes are not our fate, and if we make these changes -- they're a predisposition -- but if we make bigger changes than we might have made otherwise, we can actually change how our genes are expressed. Thank you. (Applause)