Sleep Quality Genetic Test - Gene Food

Sleep Quality + Gene Food Diet Type

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Sleep quality and duration have a genetic component. Learn your genetic predisposition and how to manage and better optimize sleep.

  • CLIA-Certified Lab
  • Personalized DNA insights
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What You'll Learn

  • Tests for genetic markers associated with sleep quality and duration
  • Data is 100% confidential and secure
  • Personalized nutrition recommendations
  • Learn your Gene Food diet type
Sleep quality report

Learn how genetics impact sleep quality and how you can better optimize your sleep

Getting adequate sleep is crucial to maintaining a good state of health. However, sticking to the basics of good sleep hygiene can be difficult in our fast-paced modern world. In this section of your report, we offer insight into your sleep genes and what you can do to get the best sleep possible.

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Diet Types

Twenty unique diet types, where will you fit?

Gene Food uses a proprietary algorithm to divide customers into one of twenty unique diet types based on dietary fat metabolism, ApoE status, carbohydrate response, histamine, and ability to digest lactose. Where will you fit?

West Angeleno

Healthy fats from whole foods, whole grains, fresh over leftovers, and two plant-based days a week.

Low carb, high fat

Wayoan

Plant-based and low-fat. Meat as a condiment, most dairy out, calories from complex carbs, wild fish for protein.

Macrobiotic template

Lean Machine

Whole grains and plant fats, no dairy, protein mostly from plants with wild fish to hold muscle.

Whole grains, plant fats

Villager

Low-fat, whole-food and plant-based. No oil, fresh over aged foods, calories from complex carbohydrates.

Low glycemic, low fat

Okinawan

Fiber-rich complex carbs make up most calories; saturated fat kept low, no seed oils, animal protein as a condiment.

High carb, very low fat

Vegetarian

Plants first with fish in the rotation. Complex carbs for calories, olive oil only, fresh foods to keep histamine down.

High carb, low fat

Urban Grazer

Robust genes, few restrictions. Whole grains, healthy fats, plant proteins, no dairy or processed meat.

Balanced, few limits

Hunter Gatherer

Omega-3s over saturated fat, low-glycemic carbs, mostly plant protein, and fresh foods to keep histamine in check.

Low glycemic, higher protein

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Find out how your body actually handles carbs

Low-carb works for some people and backfires for others. In the PREDICT-1 trial, genetics accounted for nearly half of the variation in how much blood sugar rose two hours after a meal. Our CLIA-certified test scores your carbohydrate response across multiple validated SNPs, matches you to one of 20 diet types, and turns it into a plan: the carbs that suit you, the ones to limit, and a two-week meal plan built around them.

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Frequently asked questions

We know that good sleep is optimal for health, yet the cause of sleep disturbance is still a mystery to most of us. Understanding genetic risk factors for sleep disturbance can help create a sleep schedule and routine that works for you.

For example, those who consider themselves “morning people” may have inherited that trait. The ‘A’ allele of SNP rs73598374 in the ADA gene is associated with a 35% reduction in ADA activity which leads to an accumulation of adenosine, as it is not cleared while sleeping. While the ‘A’ allele can improve the quality of deep sleep as excess adenosine remains present, a feeling of sleepiness, lethargy, or fatigue can persist into the morning due to residual adenosine activity. In these people, enhanced deep sleep is the trade-off for morning grogginess.

In addition, The risk ‘C’ allele of rs687577 in the GRIA3 gene has been associated with depression and reduced sleep duration, with an especially strong association seen in women. No mechanism is described, but we can hypothesize that in those with the ‘C’ allele GRIA3 activity is increased, either due to an increase in the numbers of receptors present or an increase in the excitatory effect which is induced by GRIA3 upon glutamate binding.

Under the care of an experienced functional medicine practitioner, genetic markers like these can be optimized with nutrition and lifestyle protocols, thereby improving sleep quality.

This report is available with the Methylation Bundle (Health Intelligence), alongside the core reports included with your Gene Food DNA test. Current bundle pricing is shown above.

Like all our tests, the Sleep Quality Report is a simple cheek swab test. A self-addressed return envelope is included with the test kit, as are detailed instructions for taking the test. The swab sample is sent to our CLIA-certified laboratory in Houston, where the sequencing occurs.