Why did we create Gene Smart Wellness?

Our Inflammation Nation

In his first book, Inflammation Nation, Dr. Ski Chilton raised the alarm that dramatic changes to our food supply, diets and lifestyles have created a crisis of chronic inflammation which is contributing to many of America's largest and fastest growing diseases including arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, allergies and a range of autoimmune disorders.

Over the past few generations, our food supply has changed considerably, yet our genes have remained the same.  These recently developed mismatches between our genes and our modern-day diets are contributing to serious diseases, weight gain, whole body inflammation and other major obstacles to our health & well-being.  The great news is that we can reverse these trends and greatly improve our health by simply changing the foods we eat and the way we exercise.

Dr. Chilton wrote The Gene Smart Diet (Rodale, 2009) and we created Gene Smart Wellness to translate the latest science into simple & practical guidance, handy resources and  unique products, all custom designed to help individuals change the way they eat and regain control of their health.

Empowering America's Health

Gene Smart Wellness was created by Cherry Street Innovation in partnership with Dr. Chilton to empower individuals to take control of their health.  Cherry Street Innovation is a firm founded by Keith Wakeman in 2004 to create new ventures to improve America’s health and vitality.  Dr. Chilton is an author and leading scientist who has spent the past 30 years studying relationships between our diets, inflammation, our genes, and our health.

Personalized Nutrition

Gene Smart Wellness enables you to customize your anti-inflammatory diet by testing your omega-3 levels. Research has shown a strong relationship between consuming of the right types & levels of Omega-3s and dramatically reduced risk of heart disease.  We believe that getting your Omega-3 & Omega-6 blood levels right is so important that we introduced the first Omega-3 Test that enables you to check your Omega-3 Index and Omega-6 to Omega-3 Ratio using a convenient home blood test kit.  Our Omega-3 Test was featured on The Dr. Oz Show (watch the video!).

We've developed a range of custom resources and products to support The Gene Smart Diet. The Gene Smart anti-inflammatory nutrition & exercise principles provide guidance for foods & activities that work with our genes naturally to improve health & well-being, reduce inflammation, lose weight and decrease risk of chronic diseases.

We are also developing breakthrough genetic tests to identify individuals with inflammatory conditions who will respond to certain medical food products.