Kari hangs out with go-to, real-food dietitian, Serena Marie, RD, and physical therapist and yoga teacher, Joanne Ambrogi to gab about March’s Book Club book Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being. Runner of the Week, Kelly Martin, shares her experience running with her dog, Mya. Want in on a little secret? We’ve found the modern-day manual of how to live! Are you stuck with your genetic destiny and you think there’s nothing you can do about it? Or do you think we “manipulate” our genes through particular lifestyles to change our destiny? On the show today, we share what the March Book Club book means to us. Here are some helpful links: Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being by Deepak Chopra, MD, and Rudolph E. Tanzi PhD Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization by Dr. John Ratey TRLS Episode 123: “Seven Ways To Take Control Of Your Health” TRLS Episode 53: “John Ratey” Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life through Transcendental Meditation by Norman E. Rosenthal, MD A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last by Stephen Levine Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life by Gretchen Rubin TRLS Episode 64: “The Power of Habit and the Need To Believe”   Super Talk: March Book Club Want in on a little secret? We’ve found the modern-day manual of how to live! Are you stuck with your genetic destiny and there’s nothing you can do about it? Or can you “manipulate” your genes through particular lifestyles to change your fate? Kari, Serena, and Joanne talk about March’s Book Club featured pick, Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being. Serena explains what the terms “radical well-being,” “epigenetics,” and “microbium” mean. The main concept of the book is how genes are not hard wired. In essence, the DNA that we get from our parents sets up the blueprint of how we’ll look, what diseases we may get one day, and so on, Years ago, doctors thought that the cards you got dealt were the cards you had, so to speak. But Super Genes defies this notion. Kari notes that the book states that your DNA accounts for only 5 percent of what could happen to you. Joanne points out that some people will say, “Oh, I can’t do anything about it, because my [fill in family member] had [fill in disease], so now I’m destined to have it.” She feels that this book brings about an awareness where it’s very empowering if you choose to take the book’s message. The books gives you ways to take the message and put it into practical life. Kari loves that the book emphasizes choice. Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization by Dr. John Ratey mentions inflammation, as does Super Genes. We know about diet, and Serena has talked about anti-inflammatory diets, since running causes inflammation in our bodies. (Listen to Episode 123: “Seven Ways To Take Control Of Your Health” and Episode 53: “John Ratey” as examples of this.) Kari thought that the cornerstones in Super Genes were diet, stress, meditation, sleep, and emotions were especially interesting, because they are very similar to Dr. John Ratey’s six keys to living a healthier lifestyle. Serena’ favorite part of the book that threw her of her feet was how the authors mention that psychosocial dwarfism is real. Joanne piggybacks off of Serena’s comments about psychosocial dwarfism in how real it is to keep your stress levels down while pregnant. Joanne points out that you really are the one to determine what the advice will do for you. Having the wherewithal to understand what we don’t understand means needing to slowing down. The book talks about one of the activities that you really need to do—meditation/yoga. Kari found the different meditation styl