What best characterizes the relationship between diet and epigenetic change?
A. Some foods can produce positive epigenetic changes.
B. Nutrition is especially important for controlling gene expression as we get older.
C. Toxins that cause epigenetic change are unavoidable in many foods.
D. Food contributes more to epigenetic change than any other factor.
Answer: A
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