Does healthy lifestyle matter if GENETICALLY your parents had inheritable diseas!


Question: Does healthy lifestyle matter if GENETICALLY your parents had inheritable diseases !?
Sorry it is 3 paragraphs!.!.!.but is there truly any point doing exercises, eating veg, low fat spreads no butter ,cream no beef!? Monitoring BP and cholesterol, or are you 'doomed if you do and doomed if you don't'!? if there is cancer, heart troubles, and lessened life expectancy in YOUR family!?

Case notes: someone eating salad ever day for at least 20 yrs, brown/ malted breads/ oatcakes, drinking green tea, no milk or cheese, fatless stews and soups, normal weight, never smoked a cig in his life, doesnt drink, perfect BP and low cholesterol level just had a heart attack in my family, and angioplasty and so but eating flora with statins in it and garlic capsules and omega 2 capsules still has blocked arteries due to age and thickened blood!. and has CLL too!.

dr says it is 'down to age and genetics'!. so, maybe we should all have butter , chips and a bit of what we fancy , drink and smoke, and do some walking every day !. id supposedly, we are a nation of greasy stodge lovers they say, but how come heart attacks still come and cancer still happens even after looking after yourself perfectly!?

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a healthy lifestyle still matters, cause symptoms may be much worse or occur earlier in life with no healthy lifestyle!.
But remember not to overdo it!. Have a little bit of junk food every once in a while!.!. it's about moderation!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

well it certainly does help if you eat healthy and exercise because it might slim your chances of getting the deseases and plus you will live longer and look great so either way win win situationWww@Answer-Health@Com

Yes it does mater, they prolly would have had a heart attack a lot sooner if they didn't eat healthy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Researchers have found several genetic abnormalities that can lead to high cholesterol and make lowering your cholesterol through lifestyle changes alone difficult, if not impossible!.

If this is true for you, you'll probably need cholesterol-lowering medication!. That doesn't mean you can skip the lifestyle changes, however; the two together work best!. The following risk factors fall into the category of things you can't change!.:



GENES

About 1 in 100 people can chalk up high cholesterol to a genetic basis called familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL)!. Although FCHL has been under study for nearly 30 years, many aspects of it remain a mystery!. The disease results from defects in the way the body metabolizes lipoproteins; this leads to high total cholesterol, high triglycerides, or both!. People with FCHL also have higher levels of small LDL (low-density lipoprotein) particles -- the ones most likely to accumulate in the arteries and cause plaque!. If you have FCHL, you're also more likely to have insulin resistance, which itself is a risk factor for heart attacks!. If you've made lifestyle adjustments and don't see any improvement in your cholesterol, talk to you doctor about genetic testing and the possibility of medication


FAMILY HISTORY
Even if you have no genetic abnormalities (or don't know whether you do), you may be at increased risk for coronary heart disease if your grandfather, father, or brother developed heart disease before the age of 55, or your grandmother, mother, or sister developed it before the age of 65!. Perhaps genetics is to blame for your family history -- or simply bad habits like smoking and poor eating!. Either way you have the ability to lower your own risk


ETHNICITY
Race plays a role in your risk of coronary heart disease!. For instance, some African Americans with coronary heart disease appear to have a genetic trait that increases the danger of high triglycerides, particularly in women!. One study found that African Americans produce less nitric oxide in response to stress; this substance is critical for opening blood vessels and increasing blood flow!. Native Americans, particularly those in North and South Dakota, also face a much higher risk of coronary heart disease than Caucasians, while Hispanics have a lower risk than all of these groups!. Whether race-related risks are mostly attributable to genetics or lifestyle habits is uncertain!.


AGE AND SEX
More men than women develop coronary heart disease!. And on average, men develop it 10 years before women do!. But once women hit menopause, their risk of dying from heart disease equals that of men!. In the end, 47 percent of all heart attacks occur in women!.


That's why genetic testing is impt to lessen your risk for genetic disease:

Some age-related diseases with origins in our genes include:

Heart Disease
Cancer
Neurological Disorders- e;g; Alzheimer's
Macular Degeneration
Osteoporosis


For a detailed description of these inherited genes in these particular diseases go to the site bleow:

http://websites!.afar!.org/site/PageServer!.!.!.



So, the doctor was right in pointing out genetic factors and old age playing a role in one's health!. It' a lot of wear and tear on the body!.
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