“Genequest” is a genetic analysis service that I had been writing about as a lively article when I got the test kit.
At the end of the article, I wrote, “I’ll report here on the results as soon as I get them…” but the article was left untouched for more than a year.At the end of the article, I wrote, “I’ll report here on the results as soon as I get them…” but the article was left untouched for more than a year.
Not that I forgot, but I always remembered it in the back of my mind. But I didn’t want to write about it, so I didn’t write about it.
Conclusion first. Even though I was looking forward to the results, what was shown to me was nothing but “Huh? Look! I have these traits!” There was not much I could offer people.
This could be attributed to the fact that I was not a very special gene, but even so, the results were subtle.
To the credit of the company that provides the test kit and the service, I would like to emphasize that I believe the service itself is provided with sincerity. However, because of the sincerity, the test results are not as sharp as a fortune teller predicting the future with a snap of the fingers.
Not that I forgot, but I always remembered it in the back of my mind. But I didn’t want to write about it, so I didn’t write about it.
Conclusion first. Even though I was looking forward to the results, what was shown to me was nothing but “Huh? Look! I have these traits!” I did not have much to offer people.
This could be attributed to the fact that I was not a very special gene, but even so, the results were subtle.
To the credit of the company that provides the test kit and service, I would like to emphasize that I believe the service itself is provided with sincerity. However, because of the sincerity, the test results are not as sharp as a fortune teller predicting the future with the snap of a finger.
A short time after sending the sample, you receive a message saying that the results have been received and that you should visit the website.
When I went to the website with great excitement, I was told to “answer a few questions first before looking at the results,” and from there I was asked to answer a huge number of web-based questionnaires. The questions were about health, lifestyle, etc., and even though I am used to answering questionnaires, the amount of them was enough to make me feel fed up.
After completing such health-related medical interviews, the results of the genetic analysis would finally be displayed and I would be told, “You have this kind of risk. I would just pout. I answered that in the medical interview before.
I don’t think the way you answer the questionnaire will change the results that are displayed. Because the results shown are “genetic analysis. It should not be influenced by the medical interview.
But for my part, I hope that the genetic analysis will reveal something about my near future. Whether it will be a fall to the dark side or a happy one. However, most of the information revealed was “Yes, that’s right. I know that.
Or the results are so lined up that you can only say, “Oh, I see.
Maybe this genetic testing should be done at a younger age.
If you do this test in your late 40s, as I did, there are few new findings now. This is because some of the risks have already become apparent.
For example, I was told I had a high risk of allergic rhinitis, but it was too late because I had been going to the hospital every week since kindergarten for treatment.
However, this test is not available for children because they must be at least 18 years old. Therefore, it is better to use this test when they become adults to plan their future life plans and consider whether or not to purchase health insurance.
If you have a potential marriage partner, it may be preferable to have each other take a genetic test and show the information to each other before marriage. This can be used to understand each other’s genetic risks in advance and work hand in hand to figure out how to deal with them in advance.
But it’s a beautiful thing, and it’s still often used in the direction of exclusion, saying, “I can’t marry someone with these genes. It is difficult to determine the timing of testing and disclosure to the family.
Some of the results are “character”.
It is a genre that fascinates me more than disease. I am curious about how my character has been genetically shaped.
However, the results here are more volatile than the other results.
In the “Curiosity” section, I was classified into three patterns: “general type,” “lower type,” and “lower type,” and I was identified as “general type. What do you mean by “general”?
Since there is no pattern for “more curious than others,” the existence of a “curious gene” is not yet clear at this point, or perhaps it does not exist. On the contrary, it seems that there is a gene for low curiosity.
However, when we looked at the details of the results, we found that the original study was from Europe, and it was unclear whether it would apply to the Japanese. It seems quite difficult to make a direct link between personality and genes.
This service was not as flattering to the results as I thought it would be, at least for me. Still, I think it is an interesting service. I’m sure there are matches, so it’s mainly young people who should try it.
What makes this company honest is that as new genetic research is published, test results are added from time to time based on the results. Once a test is done, it is not the end of the process. More detailed and varied results are added as they become available. And the best part is that there are no additional fees.
By the way, they recently added a new section on “how you perceive the taste of pak choi” and I was told that I am a “less likely to dislike pak choi” type. Oh, oh… There are a lot of these “so what? I can enjoy that kind of service. I can enjoy this service.
(2023.03.31)
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