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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
Eating whole grain type foods or whatever is healthy is sometimes subjective, as there is a lot of people who have type 2 diabetes and they need to watch whatever is consummed.
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There's some history of diabetes in my family. My paternal grandmother had that as a cause of death on her death certificate. And a couple of years ago, when I went for a check up, I had a blood-glucose reading of 100. So I decided I wasn't getting enough exercise. I increased my exercise and got a blood-glucose reading of 86 the following year. So, I do believe the genes are there, we just have to be careful not to trigger them with poor lifestyle habits.
As far as eating grain, I don't believe in eating a lot of grain. I have a little less than one serving of steel-cut oats with my breakfast. Then one slice of Ezekiel bread with lunch and one slice with dinner. That's about 3 servings per day and it keeps me satisfied until the next meal.
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I think longevity has a correlation to genetics. If a family history supports longevity, then one can make a reasonable assumption that one will be blessed with good health and the chance of living to a ripe old age. That is assuming that one does what one can to promote their good health.
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What I have noticed is that my grandparents, who grew up in Europe (eating whole foods), for the most part lived longer than their offspring who grew up in the U.S. and adopted the standard American diet. Also, there was a study that compared Japanese people living in Japan to second generation Japanese-Americans. The result was that Japanese-Americans had much higher disease rates and lived shorter lives.
I believe if one suspects they have good genes, one should live the best possible lifestyle so as to maximize good health and longevity. And if one suspects they have poor genes, all the more reason to live the best possible lifestyle, so as not to trigger degenerative diseases. (There are women who have the gene(s) for breast cancer yet never get breast cancer.) As one author, Bruce Lipton, has said, "genes are not our destiny". Genes for disease, with a few exceptions, need to be triggered by the environment or lifestyle.
