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Out To Lunch: It’s In Our DNA (No, Really)

Cheryl delPozzal
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It's New Orleans

New Orleans DNA research companies Renaissance RX andGenoViveare changing our concept of dieting and medication.

GenoVive founder Victor Castellon joins Peter Ricchiuti on Out to Lunch to explain how specific DNA-based diet and exercise programs can target your unique metabolism to be effective from the very first day you start your personal weight loss and health improvement program.

Here in Louisiana most of us have heard that we’re losing a football field of coastline every hour. But did you know this statistic: every 15 minutes someone in the United States dies from an incorrect dose of prescription drugs?

New Orleans biotech company Renaissance RX has pioneered a breakthrough DNA test that is saving lives across the country by preventing fatal doses of prescription drugs. Kory Krista from Renaissance RX explains the science and the massive medical and business ramifications in store.

Peter Ricchiuti is the finance professor you wish you had back in college! His insight and humor have twice made him the top professor at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. After a successful career on Wall Street, Ricchiuti served for five years as Assistant State Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer for the State of Louisiana. There he skillfully managed the State's $3 billion investment portfolio.