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From: "Trish" <[log in to unmask]>
I definitely think the food choices made by our ancestors have everything
to do with our genetics today. It's
> all about the heavy reliance on grains other easily absorbed carbs that I
> think are to blame.
>
Trish, there was an excellent program on PBS several months ago that
addressed this question. The researchers had studied a geographically
isolated northern European community, where very accurate records have been
kept for a long time in the island's church.
I don't remember the details, but I do remember that the geneticists
crunched the numbers and discovered that there was a difference in the
current inhabitants' ability to gain weight depending on whether or not
their great-grandfathers reached puberty during times of plentiful food or
near famine. In other words, it made a difference as to whether people
currently living in the area had great grandparents who ate a lot of food
during puberty.
Kath