23 and me
What is it?
What is it?
- genetic test
- health risks
- inherited conditions
- drug response
- ancestry
- misc fun facts (wet or dry ear wax?)
How does it work?
- for $99, 23 and me will send you a lovely plastic vial
- no subscription fee
- postage is also covered in the one time $99 fee
- if you order more than one kit, they provide a 20% discount
- if you refer friends and family, they'll send you a nifty Amazon gift card as a thank you
- you'll proceed to balk at the amount of saliva necessary to fill the vial
- no eating or drinking 30 minutes before you spit!
- Somehow, you'll manage to fill the thing (in 30 minutes if you're Will, in 2 if you're Una)
- You'll pack it up, ship it off, and wait like it's Christmas Eve (a couple of weeks)
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How does it work?
- about a week or so after mailing, you'll be notified the sample was received
- a couple of weeks after the sample is received, you'll get a notification that your health results are ready
- a couple more weeks, and you'll have some ancestry information
- for the rest of your life, you'll have people messaging you about being fourteenth cousins thrice removed
So what?
- diet
- drug reaction
- alcohol and drug dependence
- fitness
- genetic traits
- conditions you are a carrier for
- discover how much cooler you are than your friends
Bonus content!
- Take it one step further with Promethease
- $5.00
- new information added continuously
- new reports cost $5.00
- Sign me up! (how?)
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https://www.promethease.com/ondemand
- friendly video about the process
- 10 minutes to complete
- export 23andme data as CSV
- import into Promethease
- download zip file with HTML results
- LOTS OF INFORMATION! (IT'S A BIT OVERWHELMING)
SUPER Bonus Content
- Taste strips
- take one down, pass it around!
- don't worry, we'll still have a million left...
23 and me
By Una Hartzell-Baird
