Super Genes

The core premise — that lifestyle choices influence gene expression — is real science, and co-author Rudolph Tanzi's Harvard neuroscience credentials add genuine weight. The trouble is that Chopra's philosophical framework consistently pushes the epigenetic claims further than current research supports, and Scientific American's concerns about the broader Chopra wellness enterprise are legitimate. Readers who want solid lifestyle medicine science will find more rigorous options; readers who want Chopra's consciousness philosophy will find it here mixed with real science in proportions that are hard to disentangle.