To: Postman who wrote (174934 ) 9/17/2009 3:46:23 PM From: E. Charters Read Replies (1) | Respond to OT. An important question and one that leads fatalists and shirkers of dietary responsibility astray. With regard to HD, so many have it, and a great majority being on a similar diet, and similar exercise profile, it seems these items are the dominant cause. Despite our individuality biochemically, (a phenomenon discovered by Roger Williams, a major vitamin researcher), HD is a leading major killer, and a large majority of people respond to the same therapy. A minority experience side effects from therapy, and the need for different therapies can often be seen in the persons other conditions, such as diabetes. The epidemiological causes of HD and Cancer seem to spring from environment less than heredity, as the evidence of disease rates of Okinawans in the US shows. In Okinawa on their diet, and in their environment, the suffer far fewer HA's and live longer. In the US they have the same profile of illness as other Americans with differing genetics. This is proof positive that lifestyle, probably exposure to vitamins and minerals, and sun, low salt intake, good magnesium intake, moderate exercise, low calories, fish and vegetables grown in rocky soil and low insecticide load must contribute to reduced illness. The commonality with another long lived people with similar disease patterns, the Cretans cannot be mere co-incidence.
