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How chronic stress is harming our DNA. Elissa Epel is studying how personality, stress processes and environment affect our DNA â and how we might lessen damaging effects. Money problems, a heavy work load, caregiving â such increasingly common pressures have helped make stress a part of modern American life.
How Your Parent's Environment Can Affect Your DNA. Who you are is not just down to your DNA; your environment plays a big role, too. Lifestyle factors such as stress and diet can alter the way your genes are tagged with on and off switches, which modify the way your genes are expressed.