Nurture or nature?
SportsPodium is in talks with a geneticist who is going to blow your mind. Did you know we are at a level of genetics where they can map the likelihood of sports related injury based on your genetic make-up?
There are tests so refined that they can measure the following factors off the bat:
-Childhood and Adolescent Growth
-C-reactive Protein (CRP)
-Eating behaviour
-HDL- good cholesterol
-Height
-LDL- bad cholesterol
-Longevity
-Measures of obesity
-Muscle performance
-Response to diet
-Response to exercise
-Sex hormone regulation
-Sports injury risk
This will ultimately be used to tell your sports star child whether he or she would be a better swimmer than a long distance runner for instance, the mapping can include the following highly technical testing: A study conducted by Maruszak analysed the mtDNA of 395 elite Polish athletes (213 endurance athletes and 182 power athletes) and 413 sedentary controls and found that haplogroup I is among the most underrepresented mtDNA types among endurance athletes at the Olympic/World Class level. Nevertheless, members of haplogroup I1c carry the 16362C mutation, which is one of the two polymorphisms associated in this study with achieving the elite performance level. Another study by Murakami associated the 16223T (found in all members of haplogroup I) and 16362C polymorphisms with higher training responsiveness. Three other polymorphisms were associated with increased VO2max, including 199C, which defines haplogroup N1a1'2 and is consequently found in all members of haplogroup I.
This will appeal to the more academic type of Steemian, but suffice to say, it is ground braking.
Of course there are ethical issues and questions – should you aim yourself or your child into a certain direction simply because you have the genetic information available at your disposal now? My answer is YES. If I knew I could be a good sprinter vs a mediocre water polo player I would have liked to have known in my formative years – these are adult choices. But it is not playing G-d, we are not engineering babies with blue eyes and blonde hair – we are talking testing of already existing humans.
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Would you do this simple swab test to see if you are likely to be prone to something rather than suck at it? Let me know in the comments below….and have a great weekend.
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Very interesting. It just sounds like a new form of aptitude test. Not the same thing as genetic engineering.
This is very intriguing and interesting. Accidents and injuries happen during training and sports so the likelihood of sports related injury can be really helpful.
Great stuff. I am a supporter of genetic altering to a certain extent. The only problem is i'm sure that it costs a pretty penny to perform these tests.
We are reaching at a stage where there will be really test tube babies which will be pre-tasked to do tasks in the societies. I hope that will not be case. Because if this will happen, then this will take us again back in the dark ages where there were kings and servants
Diabetes is genetic or not .And if Mother and father suffering with diabetes then what about their children ?
The child does run the risk of having it but only after a certain age.
Diabetes type 1 is genetic, and may or may not kick in. The pancreas gradually ceases to produce insulin.
Diabetes type 2 is more likely to happen when the amount of insulin your body produces (and continues to produce) cannot cope with the amount of sugar we consume. It is manageable and, I understand, reversible through prudent food intake.
I believe that both genetics and training matter.
I think that is very true.
thanks for sharing keep it up
It is a pleasure ;)
Upvoted. I'll be resteeming this now :)
Thank you for sharing will resteem
this post hope you can do the same for me
you have my upvote
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