Too often diseases that can be either reversed or ameliorated by lifestyle changes are framed as if they were solid things that people have and can do little or nothing about other than treat the symptoms. The pharmaceutical industry banks on this view of disease. Fortunately many of us here know differently. The fact that something has a genetic basis does not necessarily mean that nothing can be done about it. This is much too simplistic a view of the role of genes in creating disease and the ability of people to effect the outcome.