General Population

Please note that this section contains my personal notes from my readings on this topic.

Only this year (in 2009), at age 36, did I realize how much influence my choices have on my health.

The authors of a major review on diet and cancer, prepared for the U.S. Congress in 1981, estimated that genetics only determines about 2 – 3% of the total cancer risk.

– The China Study (2006) by Dr. Campbell page 327

While genetics play a role in the expression of many diseases, and while we all have genetic weaknesses and predispositions, for the vast majority of diseases that occur in the modern world, nutrition, exercise, and environment play a much larger role than genetics.

–  Disease-Proof Your Child (2005) by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D.; page 8