[k-mcgrady]

I'm interested in doing this. Can someone who has already done it give me an idea of the kind of things I might discover which I can actually act upon? Although it would be interesting paying £125 for a list of things that might happen isn't very appealing unless I can work to mitigate them or use the advice to improve my life in some way. Considering the privacy implications the benefit needs to be pretty big.

[stevep98]

https://www.23andme.com/en-gb/health/reports/

For each disease, they will tell you what the average risk of developing it is, and then they will tell you what they think YOUR risk, based on your DNA.

For example, average woman will develop breast cancer, say 3%, but you might be at elevated risk, say 8% because you have the BRCA1 mutation.

As far as changed behavior, for most cases you're unlikely to do much, except perhaps go to the doctor a bit earlier to get a mammogram.

[Apologies for using female examples, if that's not your gender.]

[k-mcgrady]

Definitely interesting. I just need to figure out whether the benefits of knowing those things and paying attention to catch them early is worth the cost of potentially constantly stressing out and over reacting.

[DanBC]

What lifestyle changes would you make, and why can't you make those without a genetic test?