Genetics Isn't Everything

With autoimmune illnesses increasing at alarming rates while most of the population is feeling fat, tired and depressed, this book will show you that genetics isn't everything. You do have control over your health despite what the medical community may have told you. It unveils the fascinating and relatively new science of epigenetics which proves that environment, food, lifestyle and daily toxin exposure can lead us toward health or illness depending on the decisions we make every day. While we may understand that working outside our passion is exhausting, facing a life with illness or even just a lack of energy is what really stops us from ever achieving our true potential. Katherine S. Egan, author, states, "I'm on a mission to spread hope. My passion is to help people understand that genetics isn't everything. Just because you have certain family traits and genes or certain diseases seem to run in your family - you're not destined to get the same illnesses or conditions as your ancestors. Katherine shares heart-wrenching, yet warming, stories about women who have taken health into their own hands and ultimately changed their lives with nutrition and self-care. A happy and healthy life, while not guaranteed to everyone, is within reach. You can change your health with nutrition and self-compassion. You can take your life back." From a young age Katherine intuitively avoided Styrofoam, plastic containers and microwaves without ever thinking she was destined to write, teach and become an internationally certified holistic health coach, helping others learn how to achieve an extraordinary and healthy life. She found her true calling when her beliefs were confirmed and validated at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Today she is an author and Internationally Certified Health Coach helping clients rediscover their path towards optimal health. As a half-centurion, Katherine S. Egan is living proof. While she shares stories of women who have suffered