Gale,
CONGRATULATIONS on the huge weight loss!  I lost 88 pounds on paleo/low
carb, fluctuating within a five pound range.  I changed my way of eating
11/01/1996.

Perhaps your mother would have fared much better had she eaten the way you
eat now.  I was impressed with data Taubes had in his book about people
eating traditional non-western civilization diets and the lack of many
diseases we assume are common scourges of humans like heart disease,
diabetes and cancer to name a few.

Paula H.

-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Gale


Referencing William's comment about genetics not being written in stone:
Right.  But they are written in our DNA.  And they don't change in our
lifetime.  You are the DNA you were born with.  
   
 
  I am eating a far better diet today than I have ever eaten.  I have lost
50 pounds over the past 13 1/2 months and I am trying to lose another 30
pounds.  I can do all these things and still develop hypertension and Type
II Diabetes as my mother did.  And I may still die of a heart attack at age
70 as my mother did.  
   
  But I'm not going down without a fight!
   
  gale <== waging a war against my genes and grateful for the paleo weaponry
at my disposal.