pimg class=”alignright size-full wp-image-54375″ src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dna.jpg” alt=”DNA molecules” width=”320″ height=”213″ /Last month, I received an unexpected email request from a man named Craig Pickering: “Send me your saliva.”/p
pCraig works for a title=”DNAFit” href=”http://www.dnafit.com/” target=”_blank”DNAFit/a, a genetic testing company using customers’ DNA results to optimize their diet and training. He’s a former Olympic 100 m and bobsleigh (bobsled to us Yanks) athlete, and a longtime reader of the blog, who’s helping elite athletes, weekend warriors, and regular folks alike discover their genes’ preferred diet and training style./p
pIntrigued, I received the testing kit and sent the sample back. Sure, why not? I’m game./p
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pThe results came back quickly, which I’ll summarize:/p
p“You tolerate caffeine well.”/p
p“You tolerate lactose well.”/p
p“You are very unlikely to develop celiac disease.#8221;/p
p“You can recover from training quickly, from a genetic standpoint.”/p
p“You have a higher than average soft tissue injury risk. This doesn’t mean you definitely will get injured, just that you […]

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