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What better way to start a day than to sit around and talk about DNA. So let's get started. So you've heard about eating for your blood type and for your shape. But have you heard about eating for your genes?
Well, there's a company out there called Geno Pallet, and they're saying that if you give them the opportunity, they will tell you how you should eat according to your genetic signature. And it's pretty interesting. So what they're saying is if you've done a 23andMe or an ancestry DNA, then it's only going to cost you $99 to get this little booklet, where they analyze everything and tell you what you should be eating and everything like that. If you haven't, it's going to cost you $199 because, of course, you have to send in your whole cheek swab thing, and they have to go through the whole process.
Now, it's kind of interesting because along with that, they do offer some other products. You can get your DNA report that tells you how to eat. So they're not telling you where you're from. If you do it through them strictly for this, then that's just what you're getting.
You're not going to find out what country your ancestors are from or anything like that. But they say they can also give you personalized menus and coaching, and the coaching makes sense, because with any type of diet program, there's usually coaching. And although they're not really calling this a diet, they're saying that this is just how you should modify to live your everyday life because of your genes. But now this personalized menu thing, I think they've taken it a bit too far.
So what they're saying is you can get personalized menus built and they'll mix and match, you know, whatever meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, whatever. But it's ridiculous in my opinion. They're saying they can give you three meals for $19.99, five meals for $20.99, or family dinner for $49.99. Now mind you, again, this is not the food.
This is just a piece of paper saying, have these things. No, sorry, not buying it. I can figure that out. If this little booklet you give me is going to have the information in it that I need, I'm spending $99 for, then why on earth am I going to have to then have you tell me, okay, now eat these meals?
We all should be smarter than that. And then for the family dinner, get this. They're saying that they can use every family member's genome palette results to then put together that dinner. Well, now you're being tricky because now that means everybody in the family has to have this whole process done.
What a money-making idea. This is, but I don't know. I'm going to let you check it out yourself. These are just my personal opinions.
I'm going to send a link out on Twitter. You can check it out for yourself. So still on the topic of DNA. Did you know that there are at least 19 different laboratories that offer DNA testing for dogs?
And yeah, people are doing this. In most cases people just want to know, what's the breed of my dog? You know, I was, this dog was told to me saying he was a pure breed. Is this true?
You know, that sort of thing. But there is a group of people out there that instead of using it to find out things about their dog and maybe the temperament sort of thing, they want to know about the medical implications of their dog's genes. And they're making some drastic decisions in regards to it. And it's kind of crazy in my mind because I have a dog.
He's 15 years old. He's old. He's not the same dog that he used to be when he was a puppy. But if I were to get his DNA tested and it said that, oh, you know, your dog could possibly get Parkinson's or something.
I don't know if dogs get Parkinson's, but that just can't in my mind just now. I wouldn't put him down because of that. But I read a story about that where these people put their dog down because in the dog's DNA packet, it said that ALS was a possibility for their dog to get. And they felt that because the dog was having trouble walking, that must be it.
So they put the dog down. When in essence, what they're saying about these tests is that neither their accuracy nor their ability to predict health outcomes has been validated. And so from the story, it didn't even sound like the people checked with their vet to be like, hey, my dog's DNA says this, is this what he has? They were just kind of like, oh my gosh, right now, let's put him down.
Come on, that's just really sad. Now in theaters, an absolute must see. That actually does look pretty good. The movies this week proved to be very difficult because a lot of them are limited releases.
And I'm like, why should I tell you about something that you can't even go see? So I'm doing the best with what I'm working with here. First movie up is The Happy Time Murders. Now this movie is rated R, so just to get that out there.
What it's about is when the puppet cast of an 80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective turned private eye puppet takes on the case. Now because this movie has lots of puppets in it, it looks all cute. It is not cute for kids, okay? This is all adult comedy.
If you look at the trailers, you'll see for yourself. Do not take your kids to this movie. Do you hear me? Don't do it.
Happy Time Murders once again is rated R. Next up is Poppy On. Now this movie has already come out in the States, but it was at a film festival. And it's been released over time, and now it's getting to us on the big screen.
Some people are a little salty about it because it is a remake. There was a 1973 film with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, and they're kind of saying, like, why try to redo this? It was perfect back then. But to me, I kind of look at it like, all right, some people don't know about that one, so if you bring about this one, then maybe they'll check out both of them.
I'm like, why can't we all have fun? But anyway, this movie is about a prisoner that's detained on a remote island and how he plots to escape. And to me, it's kind of shawshankish, but I don't know, I haven't seen the whole movie, and it is a little different because it is on an island. But I don't know, if you like that sort of thing, it's a comedy drama mystery.
Check it out. Papillon is rated R. Last but not least is the after party. Now this one is a Netflix only movie, but like I said, I was having trouble trying to find things that people could see, and just about everybody has Netflix, right?
So just about everybody can see this one. All right, the movie, the after party. It's about an aspiring rapper who goes viral for all the wrong reasons, and he basically thinks his career is over, and a lot of other people think the same thing. However, his best friend gets him into a wild New York City after party and gives this guy one more chance to make the impossible happen.
And if you've seen the previews for it, it seems like it's going to be pretty funny. You've got a star-setted cast. Some people are playing themselves. Some people are playing a role, like Larry Underwood and Tiana Taylor.
They're playing a role, and then you have Wiz Khalifa, French Montana, DJ Khaled. So if you're into the hip-hop scene, then you might actually kind of like this movie. And even if you're not, just read laughs. Why not check it out?
It's the after party. All right, guys. Thanks for joining me on another episode of Tweet Trends. Do me a favor, head on over to Twitter and follow me at hevet.
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