Gene Smart is a Wellness & Prevention Company
We empower individuals to take care of their health in order to live life abundantly!
We are an entrepreneurial company taking on some really BIG issues -- overweight and chronic inflammatory diseases in America and malnutrition and other urgent issues affecting children in Africa. We combine Dr. Chilton's scientific leadership with a team that has plenty of experience successfully creating and growing market-led businesses in the food, nutrition and wellness industries. We share the heartfelt belief that we can help improve the health and wellbeing of America and the World by creating scientifically proven solutions that utilize our latest understanding of nutrition and exercise, including ground breaking advances in discovering how diet and lifestyle impact our genes and our health. And by improving health and its associated benefits of increased energy and self-esteem, individuals can live more abundant lives and make a positive impact on their world.
Our nation is in a health crisis
Over 2/3 of American’s are overweight or obese, and these levels continue to increase. At the same time, obesity-related inflammatory diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, asthma, allergies, depression and Alzheimer's disease are increasing at dramatic rates.
Health care accounts for $1 in every $6 spent in the United States – and costs are climbing at twice the rate of inflation. Although we have the world’s most expensive health care system, 24 countries have a longer life expectancy according to the latest United Nations report. Gene Smart believes that science based prevention, at the individual level, and integrated into our communities, is one of the best strategies to contain these skyrocketing costs.
More and more, American’s are interested in prevention and wellness. However, most resources available to support this interest were developed to address only part of the equation. For example, our health care system was designed to treat the sick, and most weight loss programs are focused on improving how individuals look on the outside. Health information is confusing, and often contradictory. That is why we focus on prevention and wellness. The strategies in the Gene Smart Program are based on real science, proven in studies with thousands of people.
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A Healthy World
Our mission of empowering individuals to take care of their health also extends to children in Africa. We have established a non-profit sister organization, Gene Smart Compassion, that utilizes our gifts of leading first world science, product development, marketing, and a spirit of collaboration to enrich the lives of orphans and other vulnerable children. Among our initiatives is the development and validation of a new type of ready to use therapeutic food to address the crisis of malnutrition which is rendering millions of children throughout Africa with under-developed immune systems, brains and stunted physical growth.
The science of our work in America and in Africa are closely related, but at opposite ends of the immunity spectrum. In America, we are overfed and undernourished, causing our immune systems to be over stimulated, and leading to whole body inflammation and inflammatory diseases. Malnourishment in Africa is a result of being underfed and undernourished, which leads to under developed immune systems. Our scientific understanding of the immune and inflammatory response allows us to apply our gifts to meet the needs of these critically important and seemingly disparate challenges.
