L wrote:
>
> However that does not constitute evidence that DNA can be manipulated 
> by diet.
> I have the gene for diabetes and for PCOS. Even though my paleo diet 
> preceded the onset of diabetes by many years, I was not able to 
> prevent it or its progression. I am able to manage it and so minimise 
> the damage but it is becoming increasingly more difficult even with 
> the strictest of dietary strategies to stop the progression of the 
> disease. My genes have not allowed me to disable it despite not eating 
> what my grandmother ate.
>
My point of view comes from learning the original definitions of the 
words "weird" and "doom", where "weird" means a personal characteristic 
that might be changed,  while "doom" cannot be changed.

William