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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 2479015" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>Hi Lucy</p><p></p><p>I think one of the difficulties in all of this is that attributing something to the ‘environment’ can often lead down a path of blame and stigma. The reverse is true when ‘genetics’ are seen to be the cause. I don’t think it’s a simple ‘either/or’.</p><p></p><p>I haven’t yet read Dr Lustig’s book (although I have bought it), but I was recently listening to a lecture by Dr Hassina Kane, a South African who works with Tim Noakes at the Nutrition Network. She works specifically on the genetic side of things and her take was that while many people will have a genetic predisposition to say Type 2, it takes something in their environment to trigger those genes. So, for example a run of stress which sees cortisol level running out of control for an extended period may trigger the gene which leads to insomnia. I found that to be an interesting and compelling theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 2479015, member: 368709"] Hi Lucy I think one of the difficulties in all of this is that attributing something to the ‘environment’ can often lead down a path of blame and stigma. The reverse is true when ‘genetics’ are seen to be the cause. I don’t think it’s a simple ‘either/or’. I haven’t yet read Dr Lustig’s book (although I have bought it), but I was recently listening to a lecture by Dr Hassina Kane, a South African who works with Tim Noakes at the Nutrition Network. She works specifically on the genetic side of things and her take was that while many people will have a genetic predisposition to say Type 2, it takes something in their environment to trigger those genes. So, for example a run of stress which sees cortisol level running out of control for an extended period may trigger the gene which leads to insomnia. I found that to be an interesting and compelling theory. [/QUOTE]
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