The Weather Authority: Sunny Saturday with a nice breeze; fire danger increasesSenior Airman surprises cousin on Aubrey Rogers softball senior night
The Weather Authority: Sunny Saturday with a nice breeze; fire danger increases Warm temperatures for your Saturday with a nice breeze into the afternoon.
NORTH NAPLES Senior Airman surprises cousin on Aubrey Rogers softball senior night Aubrey Rogers senior pitcher and infielder McKenzie Vargas was surprised by her Air Force cousin for Senior Night.
BONITA SPRINGS Police: 15-year-old injured after accidentally shot in the leg Lee County deputies say the teen was accidentally shot in the leg.
PUNTA GORDA Exclusive: Brother and best friend of accused pedophile priest speak out Riley’s brother reached out to WINK on Friday, saying people aren’t getting the full story.
IMMOKALEE Caught on video: Huge gator crosses Immokalee neighborhood Fridays in Florida are for gators
FORT MYERS FGCU softball pitcher making a name for herself One season in FGCU, freshman pitcher Allison Sparkman is already ruffling feathers in the circle.
Surrendering-pets trend at Gulf Coast Humane Society raises concerns An large amount of pets are being surrendered by their owners. About half of the dogs at the Gulf Coast Humane Society are surrender dogs.
Students benefitting from millions in sales tax dollars So far, the voter-approved half-cent sales tax has brought in $507 million for the Lee County School District.
PORT CHARLOTTE ‘Shady’: One woman feels misled after federal student loan consolidation It takes some people decades to pay off their student loans. One woman’s last payment was in sight until she took a gamble she said she was told to take.
FORT MYERS Homeless encampments inch closer to neighborhoods Law enforcement has swept multiple encampments, cleaning the trails of mess and muck left behind, and some of these encampments are right in our backyards.
BIG CYPRESS PRESERVE What changes if Big Cypress National Preserve becomes a Wilderness Area? America’s first nationally designated preserve is in Southwest Florida’s backyard, and it is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Method to treat IBD being used for other health issues Trying to get treatments for the brain when fighting neurological diseases like epilepsy and ALS is a challenge.
FORT MYERS NTSB report reveals new details in helicopter crash after Hurricane Ian The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on a helicopter crash that occurred in Iona, Florida, shortly after Hurricane Ian.
NAPLES Memorial celebrates the life of John Passidomo Hundreds of friends and family gathered for a memorial at Baker Park in Naples.
‘Latinos in Action’ empowers all students to succeed WINK News talked with teachers who are a part of the program, helping kids reach their full potential.
The Weather Authority: Sunny Saturday with a nice breeze; fire danger increases Warm temperatures for your Saturday with a nice breeze into the afternoon.
NORTH NAPLES Senior Airman surprises cousin on Aubrey Rogers softball senior night Aubrey Rogers senior pitcher and infielder McKenzie Vargas was surprised by her Air Force cousin for Senior Night.
BONITA SPRINGS Police: 15-year-old injured after accidentally shot in the leg Lee County deputies say the teen was accidentally shot in the leg.
PUNTA GORDA Exclusive: Brother and best friend of accused pedophile priest speak out Riley’s brother reached out to WINK on Friday, saying people aren’t getting the full story.
IMMOKALEE Caught on video: Huge gator crosses Immokalee neighborhood Fridays in Florida are for gators
FORT MYERS FGCU softball pitcher making a name for herself One season in FGCU, freshman pitcher Allison Sparkman is already ruffling feathers in the circle.
Surrendering-pets trend at Gulf Coast Humane Society raises concerns An large amount of pets are being surrendered by their owners. About half of the dogs at the Gulf Coast Humane Society are surrender dogs.
Students benefitting from millions in sales tax dollars So far, the voter-approved half-cent sales tax has brought in $507 million for the Lee County School District.
PORT CHARLOTTE ‘Shady’: One woman feels misled after federal student loan consolidation It takes some people decades to pay off their student loans. One woman’s last payment was in sight until she took a gamble she said she was told to take.
FORT MYERS Homeless encampments inch closer to neighborhoods Law enforcement has swept multiple encampments, cleaning the trails of mess and muck left behind, and some of these encampments are right in our backyards.
BIG CYPRESS PRESERVE What changes if Big Cypress National Preserve becomes a Wilderness Area? America’s first nationally designated preserve is in Southwest Florida’s backyard, and it is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Method to treat IBD being used for other health issues Trying to get treatments for the brain when fighting neurological diseases like epilepsy and ALS is a challenge.
FORT MYERS NTSB report reveals new details in helicopter crash after Hurricane Ian The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on a helicopter crash that occurred in Iona, Florida, shortly after Hurricane Ian.
NAPLES Memorial celebrates the life of John Passidomo Hundreds of friends and family gathered for a memorial at Baker Park in Naples.
‘Latinos in Action’ empowers all students to succeed WINK News talked with teachers who are a part of the program, helping kids reach their full potential.
MGN Some people are turning to their DNA to unlock the secrets to losing weight and staying healthy. It’s called Nutrigenomics and it is combining nutrition with your specific genetic markers. “I’m always trying to provide the tools to help people to live their best lives,” said Natural Health Consultant Roselyn Dorval. Dorval has a Bachelor of Science degree in Alternative Medicine and says, over the years, she used food journals, pantry purges and counseling sessions to help craft healthier diets for her clients. Now she’s also using DNA testing. Once she sends her client’s saliva off to a lab, Dorval gets back a report indicating if a client has a genetic marker that may indicate a predisposition to a disease or illness or potential weight issue. “It helps me to say these are the things that we need to do,” she explained. “This is the type of supplements you would need to take to basically help if you’re not operating at 100 [percent], how do we support those genes to help you operate at 100 [percent].” She stresses, this test is far from a diagnosis. “I like to say predispositions are not a diagnosis,” she said. “It’s not diagnosing you with any condition. It is empowering you to know that this is something that’s there that your lifestyle is essentially going to pull the trigger on these things. So what you do now can affect how these things manifest.” “I feel like this is more precise because they’re using your DNA and they’re looking at what your body creates on its own and what deficits it has,” said one of Dorval’s clients, Laney Farrugia. Farrugia says after the birth of her second child, she needed help boosting her energy. So far, she’s seen great results. “I find that I have more energy,” she said. “I definitely don’t feel like that that dip in the middle of the day when you just can’t get through and you need a nap– I definitely lost that in my life!” DOES IT WORK? Deborah Cragun is a geneticist at the University of Florida . While she doesn’t study nutrigenomics, she does follow the research and says right now, there’s just not enough out there to say one way or another that it works. “We just don’t have a lot of long-term data suggesting that if we do the genetic testing and we change your diet based on that that you will have improved health outcomes.” She also has some reservations about people getting results and not knowing how to interpret them. “These diseases that we’re talking about are common conditions that are caused by a number of genetic variances as well as our diet as well as our behavior and our exercise,” she cautioned. “…so thinking about if you have just this one gene change that’s not– [it] doesn’t mean you’re going to develop diabetes.” Cragun recommends always talking to a doctor or dietician before making any diet changes and to talk to a geneticst if you get DNA results and need more information.