Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Human obesity has been associated with epigenetic changes in sperm DNA that impact genes associated with both metabolism and cognition (but was shown to be reversible by weight loss). https://t.co/vBcCU208TU
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Human obesity has been associated with epigenetic changes in sperm DNA that impact genes associated with both metabolism and cognition (but was shown to be reversible by weight loss). https://t.co/vBcCU208TU
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These men underwent bariatric surgery so these were obese, morbidly obese men. They underwent bariatric surgery and their sperm DNA was measured pretty close after, and then like a year later. And the epigenetics switched back to closer to what the, you know, lean men were like.