Environment meaning lifestyle, exposure to stress, chemicals/pollution, location, etc.
Or is this stuff more influenced by genetics and just ready to come out in the right conditions?
And I’m asking this with the knowledge that even if it does tend to run in families there are things you can try to do to keep from getting it. But can you really prevent these things with effort? Or is it going to happen any way if it’s in your genes?
Are things like stroke, heart attack, and adult onset diabetes more hereditary or more environment influenced?
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March 6, 2010 at 10:55 pm
It’s funny you should ask, because I just volunteered to be in a study at the National Institutes of Health, which is going to try to answer that very question. They gave me a whole bunch of information, which I can summarize here.
First of all, no one knows for 100 percent sure (which is why they are doing the study). However, it SEEMS that you need both the genetic tendency and the lifestyle, eating habits, stress levels, etc. In other words, the current expectation is that the study will find that people are more likely to get heart disease and adult onset diabetes if they have the genes for them. But “likely” does not mean “definitely will.” We’ll see. But it’s a great question, and I am going to give it a star.
smile
March 6, 2010 at 11:04 pm
great question. had them all still do. mine hereditary. with the stress and social/finical stress our pathetic excuse for for a generation. left your generation. all three that you mentioned are becoming stress related the worst is diabetes. it is not common knowledge but in north america would be classed a epidemic for people under 27. we created the stress. your generation economic disaster. yet you pay for our pills , hospital visits. we are not baby boomers we are the gimme generation. no family canada can afford a house. our 35,000 dollar house over a million. we have caused to much stress on society. 15 years ago hereditary. today our fault. this may not make any sense. but i am angry and ashamed of our legacy. we rent a full basement suite room and board . for 200. per month. i went to assist food kitchen. the volunteers were taking home enough food for 6 people. the needy. were getting a small meal for a 10 year old. fortunately food beverage service many years. got super discounts. prime rib once a month.
James P
March 6, 2010 at 11:15 pm
All 3 are more influenced by genetics. Stroke and heart attack are increased by primary high blood pressure which 99% of it is and thats from genetics combined with poor diet and exercise. But genetically prone people have it worse. Diabetes is clearly linked genetically but its also linked to obesity and anyone can become fat. They just have to eat more calories than they burn. Then they get insulin resistance from having too many fat cells and the need for more insulin etc…
Heart attack and cholesterol is also strongly genetically linked.
All of this stuff is not a done deal except in the fringes of the bell curve statistically. SO yeah, absolutely, in fact all three of those for the vast majority of people are preventable by adopting diet, exercise and medicinal therapy such as statins and for those people with high blood pressure who picked the wrong parents. That blood pressure is just set too high by the kidney thermostat which regulates it that the only way to control it is with medications.
Can it all be cured with eating grasshoppers and rice. No so the proper medications can correct whatever genetic hand of cards you are dealt
cardiophile
March 6, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Although genetic predisposition is there, environment does play a great role in these disorders.