Epigenetics
Subject in Life Sciences
Epigenetics has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lucia AronicaStanford University epigenetics scientist and nutrition researcher
Aronica cites a 2016 study in which people at high genetic risk for heart disease halved their risk with a healthy lifestyle.
“healthy food, exercise regularly, no smoking, they cut their risk in half”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live Longer (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 10:01
Aronica explains that most epigenetic marks are reversible and are rewritten daily by enzymes.
“Most of these marks are written in pencil, not in pen. Every day they are rewritten by enzymes”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live Longer (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 8:36
Aronica argues that genes account for only about 25% of health outcomes, with lifestyle choices shaping the remaining 75%.
“But in reality, genes are only 25% of your health story. And you are rewriting the other 75% right now with every choice and every meal”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live Longer (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 6:11
Nadine Burke HarrisAmerican pediatrician, ACEs researcher and former Surgeon General of California
Burke Harris describes rat cross-fostering studies in which pups took on the stress reactivity and epigenetic markers of their rearing mother rather than their biological mother.
“they took on the stress reactivity of their rearing mother, not of their biological mother”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 33:59
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2 episodes
Episodes
Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live LongerThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Mel Robbins talks with Stanford epigenetics researcher Lucia Aronica about how specific foods and preparation methods influence gene expression, aging and long-term health.
- Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about adverse childhood experiences, overactive stress responses, and buffering practices that help regulate the nervous system.