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  • mg330

    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

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