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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I know VP's oft stated theory about genetics and what switches it on, but it doesn't line up with the information that I have read.
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I don't think it's a theory when the CDC states that only about 4 to 6 percent of cancers are genetic. And I've read information from authoritative sources (doctors and professors) that put the general disease rate caused by genes at about 3%.
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I feel in my heart, due to what I have read with my eyes and processed with my brain that if every living soul followed VP's idea of what is healthy to eat and kept themselves as thin as he think is best,and exercised from childhood on....., that cancer and disease would still happen, maybe less, but it would STILL happen
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And my opening post proves it because I pointed out that there are 6 breast cancer deaths each year per 100,000 Okinawans.
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The Okinawans are pretty much a group without intermarriage, where we are the melting pot here in U.S. So genetics and other factors skew those numbers.
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No, genetics don't skew those numbers. Who told you that? Studies have been done to determine whether genes have anything to do with it. Over the years, many thousands of Japanese people have immigrated to the U.S..
The first generation tends to favor the Japanese lifestyle that they brought with them from Japan. But the second generation usually adopts the American lifestyle. And studies have shown that the rates of disease for them are the same as for all other Americans. It therefore proves that genes have nothing to do with it.
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And I also feel in my bones that NOTHING will convince VP otherwise.
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I'll keep an open mind. Can you point to any studies that show the Japanese are healthier because they are different genetically?
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I think it is kind of him to worry so much about all of us.
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Thank you, what I nice compliment! However, I'm sure there are many who will think I don't DESERVE it.
