I pretty much agree with the idea of moderation and eating whatever. Look at pictures of people from the 40s and 50s. Men were generally thin and wiry-strong. They mostly ate a diet of meat, veggies and potatoes, rice or pasta.
One of the things I tell myself that seems to work is: Do not indulge unless you have to. What I mean is, there are already enough holidays, birthdays and other occasions for beer, wine, cake and that extra plate of something special. I don’t need to give in on a random Tuesday. If I keep to moderation most of the time, there’s no problem with going overboard on those days.
However, do you think there’s much to the claim that the wheat of today is different than it was back then due to selective breeding? I think it’s been pretty much confirmed that the produce we get at chain grocery stores has had much of the nutrition bred out of it in place of commercially profitable traits like size, weight and early ripening.
Take a look around your family. Providing you are not adopted that is.
But if your family members are dying in their 60s or 70s, likelihood is high that so shall you. Exercise and healthful practice doesn’t trump the genes you are born with. they will give you a better quality of life though.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1246442]Take a look around your family. Providing you are not adopted that is.
But if your family members are dying in their 60s or 70s, likelihood is high that so shall you. Exercise and healthful practice doesn’t trump the genes you are born with. they will give you a better quality of life though.[/QUOTE]
Barring unforeseen illness of course, yes I agree.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1246442]Take a look around your family. Providing you are not adopted that is.
But if your family members are dying in their 60s or 70s, likelihood is high that so shall you. Exercise and healthful practice doesn’t trump the genes you are born with. they will give you a better quality of life though.[/QUOTE]
In the spirit of debate, I respectfully offer a somewhat different take.
Genes are expressed in an environment. We can see this in how average height has increased in Asia after more protein and better general nutrition became available. As another example, smoking does not cause cancer. It creates an environment in which there is a higher likelihood that cancer may be expressed by your particular genes. Hence the anecdotal “My grandpappy smoked for 80 years and died in a car accident.” So, while, “Exercise and healthful practice doesn’t trump the genes you are born with” it can create a state in which ‘negative’ gene traits are not expressed.
If your family members die in their 60s or 70s and you live a similar lifestyle, in all likelihood you will too. If you live a much healthier lifestyle, your chances of a longer life have increased but are not guaranteed. Of course, barring trauma, as SR stated.
[QUOTE=madhusudan;1246446]In the spirit of debate, I respectfully offer a somewhat different take.
Genes are expressed in an environment. We can see this in how average height has increased in Asia after more protein and better general nutrition became available. As another example, smoking does not cause cancer. It creates an environment in which there is a higher likelihood that cancer may be expressed by your particular genes. Hence the anecdotal “My grandpappy smoked for 80 years and died in a car accident.” So, while, “Exercise and healthful practice doesn’t trump the genes you are born with” it can create a state in which ‘negative’ gene traits are not expressed.
If your family members die in their 60s or 70s and you live a similar lifestyle, in all likelihood you will too. If you live a much healthier lifestyle, your chances of a longer life have increased but are not guaranteed. Of course, barring trauma, as SR stated.[/QUOTE]
I think we are all in agreeance. You are going another layer deeper and such though in regards to the element of evolution. At least the mutation, adaptation and survival of the fittest portion of it. Seeing as the genetic drift portion only occurs through sex and birth.