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1BChapter 2 – All About Uterine fibroids 26 However, the claim that women with uterine fibroids have a genetic tendency that cannot be altered is nothing but a myth. While genes are a set of rules or principles that determine your physical characteristics, along with the tendency to develop or prevent diseases, your genes, similar to a blueprint, can be altered. Genetic research has shown that your genetic characteristics can be modified and influenced by numerous choices and factors. From the moment of birth until you die, your environment, inside and outside your body, can greatly impact your genetic disposition. By choosing to take control over your inner and outer environment (by changing your diet, for example) you can strongly influence your genetic tendencies and therefore help your body overcome disease. Poor Dietary Choices A diet high in refined carbohydrates, processed and toxic foods and low in fresh fruit and vegetables affects biochemical processes within the cells, contributes to hormonal imbalance, worsens digestion and interferes with the natural toxic elimination process. Lack of good nutrition is another factor. Our bodies need to obtain about 40 essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients to enable the cells in our bodies to fully function and remain healthy. These nutrients mostly come from our diet since the body cannot produce them by itself. When we eat more processed foods and fewer foods with high nutritional value, the immune system declines and becomes less effective since nutrition is highly essential for healthy immune functioning. With a weakened defense system, we make it easier for Uterine fibroids and their related symptoms to develop. Over-acidity in the digestive system, usually due to a diet high in acidic foods, is another major factor. A state of over-acidity causes the blood to become Page 26