Are YOU a picky eater? Ancestry.com lets you know for sure in your DNA

Have you ever felt like your genetics are holding you back?

For $120, you can now know for sure if you’re a fussy eater, feel tired all the time, or have a short temper are a result of your genetic makeup.

Ancestry.com has launched a new feature that reveals whether consumers have two genes linked to picky eating.

The company uses samples of your DNA, collected via saliva, to reveal 43 traits focused on behavior, personality, nutrients, fitness, sensory, and appearance.

The results will reveal why you might hate cilantro, enjoy naps, and even if you get windy easily while running.

Using the company’s kit, just spit into a tube and send it to the company, where scientists will analyze the sample.

Ancestry.com’s traits open a window into your personality, revealing whether you’re an extrovert, a risk taker, or a night owl.

Scientists have found that some markers are associated with traits such as red hair or attached earlobes.

However, the Utah-based company notes on its website that many genes influence most traits, but “environmental factors can influence your traits.”

Ancestry.com is launching a new “picky eater” trait on Tuesday, which is based on two genes linked to limited food preference and assertiveness.

Ancestry.com scientists have added a process to the company’s trait analysis to identify the two genes associated with being a picky eater.

One is linked to one preference for a limited number of foods and the other is related to assertiveness that causes power struggles among children at meal times.

Genealogist Crista Cowan told DailyMail.com that the latter is more about a child standing up for themselves than not liking certain food groups.

The genes are also associated with the perception of bitter taste, which could explain why people who refuse most foods always reach for something sweet, but adults with the same sensitivity usually win.

People first started sending DNA samples to Ancestry.com to find out where their ancestors lived for the past 200 years, but the Utah-based company has since progressed with analytics to provide DNA signatures for consumers.

This includes things about their behavior, personality, fitness, and senses, but on Thursday, Ancestry.com revealed whether or not you’re a picky eater.

The two genes associated with picky eating were first identified in 2017, but foot preference isn’t just about taste.

It also plays a role in ‘how that child interacted with his caretaker – s’o there is definitely an upbringing versus nature argument that needs to be made here,” Cowan explained.

Having a taste for a limited amount of food appears as a child, which many parents struggle with on a daily basis – the dinner table turns into a battlefield.

But the discovery suggests it’s not the child’s palate to blame — somehow they got the trait from their parents.

“It’s long been thought that adult picky eaters developed this trait in childhood,” Cowan said.

‘There are more than 59,000 genetic markers related to picky eating. But there are two that are particularly interesting.’

The first gene, TAS2R38, is related to showing a preference for a limited number of foods.

“For example, if you think of someone you know who alternates the same few different meals every week,” Cowan said.

‘They just always eat the same thing, but that’s because of that specific gene.’

The other gene, CA6, is specifically related to mealtime power struggles.

“It’s more about them standing up for themselves than disliking certain food groups, and so they get into eating habits as a child because they’re genetically predisposed to a power struggle.” It’s less about their actual taste buds.

So both jeans have the potential to create someone who becomes a picky eater.

In addition to genetics, environmental factors play an important role in picky eating habits.

This could include whether a child is breastfed, age introduced to solid foods, parenting styles, meal strategies, socioeconomic status or their exposure to new foods, according to Ancestry.com.

“The most important thing science says about picky eaters is that a person can train their taste buds to be more welcoming when it comes to healthy foods,” the Utah-based company said in the announcement.

“This is because as people age, environment has a stronger influence on eating habits than genetics. Picky eaters who like to meet their nutritional needs don’t need to change anything, of course, unless they fancy more variety on their plate.

The 2017 study that first revealed the picky eater genes was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP).