We all experience the same situations - just in a different way.
Someone may experience rapid weight gain from eating pork while another may gain some weight but at a slower pace.
It still doesn't mean genetics are what makes a person overweight.
It just means that the person has to be more conscious about what food they eat, how much they eat, and the reactions that different food has on their body.
The previous sentence is simple yet so profound.
The Truth It is estimated that 1 in 100 overweight people (not the whole world population) may experience a mutated gene (I can't recall an exact reference - possibly CDC).
A flaw, if you may, in the genes they were born with.
Just like a child born with a mental or physical handicap.
It just doesn't happen to the majority of people.
Or in other words, it's generally a rare case.
A difference in genetics could also result in one person being able to bulk up on muscle (through proper dieting and exercise) faster than another person that has the same diet and exercise routine but builds muscle slowly.
That difference is not an excuse for the person who wants to build more muscle and finds it a bit difficult.
It just means that they will have to give more it effort than the person with the supposed "good gene".
To go on further, why is it just now, in this time, that fat has become a problem? The answer: Technology.
You probably drive a car or take some other way of transportation to work.
You also probably have at least one television in your house or apartment.
You have also most likely been through a drive through at a fast food restaurant at some point in your life.
This is much different than the time when much more physical labor was needed to eat and go to work.
As humans we had to work manually for everything in the past.
We needed to hunt, harvest, and build our own shelters.
Everything required physical labor.
Today we have electronics and other technology to do pretty much everything for us.
Not to mention that food is much more accessible today.
Is that really genetic? I don't think so.
Fat Gene Mutation And for a gene to change it takes years, and happens gradually over time - time being generations.
I've heard many times the phrase, "my parents were fat because of genetics so I will be fat for the rest of my life, too.
" I think we would have to look at the habits of families like those.
Just as genes are passed down in a family - so are habits and mental attitudes.
If an overweight couple have bad eating habits and don't care to exercise, what do you think will happen when they decide to have kids? Kids learn from observing and not from what they are told to do.
The "do as I say and not as I do" is absolute nonsense.
So with this same couple, I can guarantee that the kids will follow in their parent's footsteps.
The kids will be observing their parents habits and doing the exact same thing.
Monkeys see and monkeys do.
And then, without surprise, the kids become fat.
It's no different than smoking.
If both parents smoke, the children will probably end up smokers as well.
Is that genetics at work? Nope.
It's habit at work.
Don't think that just because you are born a certain way that you are not capable of getting the health you want.
We are not born knowing how to interact with people.
We are not born with the knowledge of finance.
We will never be born with a career on our plate.
Those skills are all learned and applied and made into fixed habits - habits that can be changed.
Our environment including where we grow up and the people that surround us is where we initially receive information and begin to develop our habits.
So before anyone comes up with the, "it's in the genes", they should go find out if what they think is actually true.