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RE: Is a vegan diet an effective form of protest for animal rights activists?
I'm sorry but I can't hear what you're saying over how awesome my animal products taste.
I'm sorry but I can't hear what you're saying over how awesome my animal products taste.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer for a reason. Eating for taste alone causes health problems for a lot of people and obesity.
Cardiovascular disease like most other diseases is determined by genetics and not by what you eat. We have all heard stories or have people in our families that smoked all their lives or eaten diets filled with fat that live longer than those who follow a more healthy life style.
I'm just sayin.
Lifestyle and genetics play a role. We cannot pin it all on lifestyle because some people have good genes but we cannot pin it on genes because some people with good genes have bad lifestyles.
So yes if you lack a specific gene (and it is rare I might add) then your LDL will be close to zero for your entire life and you'll never get heart disease even if you smoke. These people tend to be shorter than the general population and the genes are rare but they do exist and a vaccine has been made based on it.
To be specific, the people who lack the PKS9 gene are immune to some forms of cardiovascular disease. If you want to find out if you have the gene or not then get a genetic screening and see if you're immune to heart disease or not and decide what to do based on your specific profile.
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This is a great response. This is the first time I hear such a descriptive explanation into heart disease immunity.
Thank you.