Food We Eat Might Control Our Genes: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.scientificamerican.com - November 25, 2011 2:17 PM

“You are what you eat.” The old adage has for decades weighed on the minds of consumers who fret over responsible food choices. Yet what if it was literally true? What if material from our food actually made its way into the innermost control centers of our cells, taking charge of fundamental gene expression?