%0 Journal Article %T Epigenetics %A Salvatore Lacagnina %J American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine %@ 1559-8284 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1559827618817247 %X The field of Epigenetics represents the science which helps us understand the influence life has on genetic function. Research has shown that what we do, what we are exposed to, and the internal and external environments have significant influence on the output of our genes. In this article, the reader will understand how alterations in the DNA explain how the genetic output us changed as a result of exposures to life %K epigenetics %K genetic alterations %K methylation %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1559827618817247