Joe DeFranco just did a podcast a couple of weeks ago where he had a complete Functional Medicine work up done, including this DNA piece, in order to nail down and optimize some of the things he struggles with. Quality information and worth the time to listen. Surprised it wasn’t mentioned yet…
Interesting! I did a quick read-up on XYY and thought that it has probably played a part in your history as I understand it (bravery, promiscuity - hypermasculine stuff). Are you glad you know about it now, or do you wish you could go back to thinking of yourself as a random, unlabeled brave tall guy?
one thing that i’ve been doing for years, is taking in a lot of fish oil and tomato juice. apparently i have genes that protect me from prostate cancer when i use both of those, so it’s good to know that i’ve been doing a couple things rights…
I don’t know if I am glad I know. I am glad it is not something I pass on to offspring, however.
I’ve read about it extensively for about a month. The XYY guys are apparently extremely bi-modal in their distribution of success — one extreme (say, like serial killer Richard Speck, shit!) to Michael Phelps (and a lot of NBA players – Yao Ming, allegedly) and apparently George Washington (who was like 6 inches taller than everyone).
Big fail or big win, no middle. Striving for the win.