Reply #115: Moderation in EVERYTHING, friend. [View All]

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Even fat people with so-called "hereditary fat-gaining propensities" can do things to control this, such as stapling and exercise, not to mention diet. Did you notice how few people in the "old days" before TV, etc. weren't fat in this country? Take a look at old WWII footage.

If the people in Europe had grown up in China with plenty of non-fat foods and hard daily work in the rice fields, only a few of them would be overweight or fat. It is lifestyle which determines how the genes develop. The fact that the existence of obesity has increased by five times since the Second World War, is hardly due to a change of our genes. On the contrary, our lifestyles have changed rapidly.

Some people can enjoy a cigarette a day--without consequence. And lots of people smoke a LOT and live a very long time in good health.