Do Genes And Age Really Cause Disease?
July 9th, 2011
However, it is only a role, not the sole cause of a disease. The general population does attribute the cause of disease to genetics.
Recently, in the news, the talk has been about the breast cancer gene. Scientists have identified the breast cancer gene as playing a role in developing specific diseases like cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.
There are links between genes and diseases. However, this is only a genetic disposition for a disease. It is not the disease.
The genes that control the disease are often activated when there are other unhealthy lifestyle factors present such as poor diet, prolonged exposure to toxins, and lack of exercise.
This means that even if heart disease, diabetes, or breast cancer run in your family, you are not necessarily destined to develop any of these diseases. You have the choice to take precautions. You have the choice to create a healthy lifestyle for yourself.
Does age contribute to disease?
You need to consider again whether it is age or lifestyle factors.
As you age you may become more vulnerable to the damaging effects of the free radicals; and you may have more difficulty fighting off disease.
However, if you have a healthy lifestyle and follow the four pillars of health: diet, exercise, supplements and emotional health. Then you have a greater chance of living energetically as you age.
The four pillars of health are detailed in the cancer herbal treatment book, The Paw Paw Program.
If your health is currently challenged and you truly want to return to health then all sugar must be removed from your diet. Sugar depletes the body of nutrients and upsets the metabolism.
Dr. Otto Warburg,1931 Nobel Prize recipient for proving that lack of oxygen and fermentation of sugar increases cancer, stated in a lecture in 1966:
Cancer above all other disease, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by fermentation of sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, where as cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation.
In summary, genes and age can play a role in causing disease, but a bigger role is played by how you treat your body. Sugar plays a much larger role than either genes or age.
