Mon, Jul-19-04, 06:30
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Posts: 74
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Plan: my own
Stats: 205/178/150
BF:
Progress: 49%
Location: Albany, NY
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I don't see the contradiction. Being human gives us the genetic potential to get fat. Some people can get fatter on less food than others.
But genetics is not the "cause" of getting fat. That can be seen when you separate a group of genetically similar individuals and feed them different diets. One sub-group gets fat, the other sub-group stays thin.
Because the genetics is the same in both groups (ie, the genetics is a constant), but the outcomes are different, the genetics cannot be the cause.
Genetics can cause differential results when two different genetic populations eat the same food, but one population gets fat and the other population stays thin. In this case, the food is being held constant and the genetics is the variable.
In sum, diet and lack of excercise "causes" people to get fat. But if two gentically different people have the same diet and amount of excercise, with one getting fat and the other staying thin, then genetics explains that difference.
While we can't change our genetics, we can change our diet. Unfortunately, too many people would rather just change their genetics.
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