The Gene Therapy Plan - by Mitchell L Gaynor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Your genes are not your destiny: learn to prevent disease, improve brain function, and reverse the course of obesity and premature aging through easy-to-adopt nutrition and lifestyle changes that target your DNA

While we cannot alter the genes we are born with, we can prevent and reverse disease with foods, supplements, and lifestyle choices that turn good genes on and bad genes off. In his pathbreaking plan, Dr. Mitchell Gaynor--a renowned oncologist and pioneer in integrative medicine--focuses on obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and aging to explain what we can do to keep our bodies on their natural paths toward healthy, balanced functioning.

The Gene Therapy Plan presents practical, evidence-based approaches to diet, including juices, recipes, and comprehensive meal plans. And it explains the cutting-edge science that is revolutionizing what we know about how our biology and our behavior intersect. Empowering and informative, with inspiring stories from Dr. Gaynor's decades of clinical practice, this forward-looking book puts our genetic destiny back into our own hands.

Praise for The Gene Therapy Plan
"If you want to learn how to use food and nutrients to prevent and even reverse most chronic disease, read this book!" --Mark Hyman, M.D., author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution

"Dr. Gaynor provides insight and an action plan." --Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Review Quotes

Praise for The Gene Therapy Plan

"A guide to harnessing the power hidden in food to subvert a 'genetic predisposition for disease.' . . . Gaynor's informative tome is worth reading."
--Publishers Weekly

"The Gene Therapy Plan identifies how the lives we lead, and in particular, the foods and nutritional supplements we ingest, are a key determining factor in whether latent disease (which most people have to some degree) materialize or stay dormant. By identifying researched nutritional protocols that target specific conditions, and by providing a range of rich case studies from his practice as a leading oncologist and internist, Dr. Gaynor provides insight and an action plan into how the body operates that will benefit medical practitioners and patients alike."
--Deepak Chopra, M.D.

"The Human Genome Project promised to create a new era of genetic medicine, new drugs, and therapies to advance human health. But the real awakening has been the understanding of food--real whole foods, herbs, phytonutrients--as medicine and how it can literally upgrade your biologic software by improving the expression of your genes. In The Gene Therapy Plan Dr. Gaynor makes the healthcare of the future available to you today. If you want to learn how to use food and nutrients to prevent and even reverse most chronic disease, read this book!"
--Mark Hyman, M.D., Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution

"The Gene Therapy Plan is a comprehensive and practical approach to the science of epigenetics--and how to apply it to your life right now. This book is a godsend that could save your life."
--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"A brilliant and important piece of work from one of our most distinguished and creative medical thinkers. Do yourself and your family a huge favor: Read this phenomenally important book and learn why and how you can live a healthier life."
--Devra Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., founder and president of the Environmental Health Trust, author of The Secret History of the War on Cancer

"Dr. Gaynor is a visionary healer. This is a comprehensive, coherent, practical, and easily digestible resource for all who wish to 'tip the balance' away from disease toward health and wellness."
--Sheldon Marc Feldman, M.D., Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

"Dr. Gaynor presents a comprehensive strategy for readers to re-orient their diet and lifestyle using everyday activities that can help one live longer, and live better. With The Gene Therapy Plan, Dr. Gaynor brings his own integrative philosophy and practice to readers in an engaging and actionable way."
--William Li, M.D., president and medical director of The Angiogenesis Foundation

"Dr. Gaynor has and always will be at the forefront of integrative medicine. The Gene Therapy Plan empowers you to take control of your health and life."
--Mimi Guarneri, M.D., president of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine

About the Author

Mitchell Gaynor, M.D., is the founder and president of Gaynor Wellness and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Weill-Cornell Medical College with more than twenty-five years of experience treating patients. His work has been featured in the New York Times, and he has appeared on many national television programs, including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Martha Stewart Show. He lives in New York City.