So having high blood sugar doesnât mean that you ate a lot of table sugar and the sugar is now in your bloodstream; it means you ate a lot of carbohydrates (from any source) and the sugar (glucose) is now in your bloodstream. Any digestible carbohydrate can raise blood sugar, although some raise it higher and faster than others.
If a mutation alters junk DNA, it doesnât do any harm because the junk isnât doing us any good to begin with. If our genome was 80 percent functionalâthe figure batted around when the ENCODE project results first came outâthen we should be extinct.
All of which I have taken. Admittedly, Iâm a DNA junkie. Iâve never met a DNA test I wouldnât take. There are real advantages to testing as widely as possible: youâre looking to find people who match you, and the key person who can help you break down your brick wall may have only tested with one company.