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Old 09-15-2014, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
How I read that is sometimes genetics dispose you to conditions regardless of lifestyle and diet choices. And I have a friend who absolutely proves that. A runner, a vegan, no oils and nevertheless high cholesterol, which killed most males in his family.
That's not absolute proof. Running indicates a desire to overachieve and that can create stress hormones which in turn can cause the liver to overproduce cholesterol.