Dr. Oz on epigenetics

This is a quote taken from an interview between Dr. Oz and a reporter at The Cleveland Plain Dealer about his pregnancy book.

Is there anything about pregnancy you didn't know before?

There are probably 10 things per page that we didn't know. We didn't know a lot about amniotic fluid. For both Mehmet and I, it was the most fascinating thing. All of the stuff on epigenetics,* we were not aware of how powerful it was. What you're eating now, earlier and later influences not only your kids, but your kids' kids' kids . . . whether you end up diabetic or not, intelligent or just average -- a lot of that is determined by what you and your ancestors and descendants do to influence those specific genes.