The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com
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What Every Parent Should Know Before Having Their Kid (Or Themselves) Take a Genetic Test with Dr. Erika Gray
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Katie Wells/Dr. Erika Gray
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Episode 903
Episode Highlights with Dr. Erika Gray
- Understanding privacy concerns with genetic testing, especially in light of the security breach with a major DNA company recently
- Samples sent to testing companies are de-identified and not connected to personal data
- Security concerns and how to make sure yours is safe
- How their specific testing has layers of encryption and is not even mined for data
- You can use an alias on your genetic testing
- The limits of genetic testing and what it can and can’t tell us
- Genetics is a screening tool and not a diagnostic tool — related to cancer risk and expression
- More related to choline and how this can be really beneficial for focus and attention
Resources We Mention
- My Toolbox Genomics - Use code wellnessmama for a discount
