Reply #191: my first instict would be that it has more to do with childhood factors than anything. [View All]

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kids lives/diets today are even more different forefather-wise than an adult's. and even in amish communities- the children/teens lead fairly 'normal' lives, even driving cars and eating fast-food, until they reach adulthood.

just as our behaviours are learned/defined as kids- it may be the same way with the physiology of our bodies, and the way they 'learn' to operate on our varying lifestyles/diet patterns as children. the physiology adapts to that pattern, and carries it thru to adulthood. a kid who burns 'fuel' and operates like an suv always will, whereas kids who burn fuel and operate like a prius always will...even if they change the formulation of the fuel down the road.

if any of that makes any sense.