17/05/2013
GENES OR HABITS
Whatever you consume will play a critical role in which genes are activated or expressed – good or bad! Now imagine that you would like to have the good genes from your Grandfather – living long, having great eyesight, being slim and strong, never succumbing to a heart attack – the problem was, you never saw those genes of his – because he never activated them – he probably unwittingly activated the “bad” ones, by eating the wrong things – he possibly had the heart attack, had bad eyesight, and was overweight (?).
Would you choose to activate your good genes or your bad genes?
I believe that we inherit our fore fathers habits as well as their genes. If I am served animal protein for breakfast (milk and eggs), lunch (cheese and ham) and supper (roast chicken), it is highly likely that I will serve my children similar – these have become habits. For me, as a child, when things were going amiss and cheering up was required, my mom would have tea and biscuits/cake; and if things were happy and light, tea and cake was served as well, to celebrate. (Bless her!). These are the kinds of habits I absorbed – they became so entrenched that I eventually developed a sugar sensitive personality and had I not put a halt to this habit, weight gain, arthritis, cancer, moodiness and other family diseases would have continued. My mother died of breast cancer (was riddled with cancer).
Written and compiled by Bev Wium
www.bevwium.co.za
