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Have any of you done a nutritional DNA test with any of these services like 23AndMe, Genopalate, Orig3n, etc?
- why would you hand over that kind of information to internet strangers?hans_glib
- Don't. Just don't.Nairn
- Don't do it.monospaced
- LOL?DRIFTMONKEY
- I wasn't planning on doing it, just wondered if any of you have. I keep seeing so many ads for them on Twitter.mg33
- Yeah it’s ok, never gave my real name it’s hit and miss accuracy wise especially ancestry. One day I’m part Italian the next I’m part Jewish the next I’m viking_niko
- What is it exactly people are afraid of? Give concrete examples, put it into wordsdrgs
- According to geneticists, DNA testing is slightly better than astrology. Slightly.BustySaintClaire
- That the dna data could be bought & sold — or worse, stolen — and used against people. Think GATTACA.monospaced
- Imagine being rejected for life insurance because they know you are predisposed to a certain condition. Or any billion similar bad situations that could occur.monospaced
- It's a SCAM.pablo28
- @Busty yes, the stories behind the ancestry are quite ungrounded. But the genetic data itself is absolutely correct.monospaced
- I'm less interested in the ancestry portion and more interested in the accuracy of the companies building nutritional profiles.mg33
- Seems like the Wild West for these companies and reviews are hit or miss.mg33
- I would be wary of the very concept of "nutritional genetics" in the first place ... doesn't sound like actual sciencemonospaced
- I already know whats will come up, my ancestors are from France, nothing to learn thereBennn
- you'd be surprised, considering france has had countless influences from outside groups over the milleniamonospaced
- I'm worry to post comments on QBN because we can't delete them, and ppl upload their DNA to the cloud...wowgrafician
- but if you do it be careful, you might find out you're a descendant of a Nigerian price and get deportedgrafician
- How do you use a person's DNA against him?drgs
- @drgs, anything from denial of services to more nefarious racial motivations would account for countless possible scenarios of wrongdoing.monospaced
- @drgs clone him and steal his wife. also what mono saidgrafician
- evidence: after 5000 years we know what this girl eat https://edition.cnn.…grafician
- I’m all set. I’ve had my DNA locked for years. Cannot be tapped in to. I pay yearly for the DNA Lock service.HijoDMaite
- https://ghr.nlm.nih.…monospaced
- mg33 earnin paychecks yo!deathboy
- @deathboy, huh?monospaced
- People I know who are much more well-versed in medical ethics often bring up the case of Henrietta Lacks.BustySaintClaire
- https://www.washingt…BustySaintClaire
- That's fascinating. Not really malicious, but definitely a hallmark use of genetic material.monospaced