Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 How interesting the paradigm that there is a diabetes " gene. " Seems to me diabetes is just a more extreme form on a SPECTRUM of the problem that EVERYONE has with refined carbohydrates. If a person with diabetes has their symptoms go away when they're off refined carbs, are they still a diabetic? Does heroin use cause heroin addiction, or are we all genetic heroin addicts? :-P Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 An international consortium of scientists has launched a new project aimed at understanding how genes are related to diseases like diabetes, asthma and cancer. In view of our recent discussions on genetics and gluten sensitivity etc. I though this info would be interesting to follow. interesting to note that native Americans will not form part of the studied groups even though they suffer greatly with diabetes. The three-year $100 million International HapMap project is sponsored by the United States, Japan, China, Canada and a charity in London. It will study genes of four ethnic groups: Japanese, Chinese, the Yoruba of Nigeria, and Americans of Northern and Western European descent. The project will look at large blocks of human DNA known as haplotypes. According to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, humans of all ethnic groups share common haplotypes. http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10005336 Dedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Yesterday on the news there was a report that the diabetes gene was found and it was also an obesity gene. Was speculation that obesity would be the target of what they were going to do with this. Didn't say who identified gene. Study is being done by MIT with Massachusetts being where the Mayflower landed and from what this country began and has become. The mindset is there are no Native Americans to Massachusetts. The genome study does have Native American DNA as they did go to the reservations to get it. If they'd look to the excluded group, the extreme change in lifestyle and diet in such a short period of human history, the incidence of obesity and diabetes and the fact that grains were never part of the diet they'd save themselves a lot of poking around in the dark. Wanita At 06:01 PM 10/30/02 +0000, you wrote: >An international consortium of scientists has launched a new project aimed at understanding how genes are related to diseases like diabetes, asthma and cancer. > >In view of our recent discussions on genetics and gluten sensitivity etc. I though this info would be interesting to follow. interesting to note that native Americans will not form part of the studied groups even though they suffer greatly with diabetes. > >The three-year $100 million International HapMap project is sponsored by the United States, Japan, China, Canada and a charity in London. It will study genes of four ethnic groups: Japanese, Chinese, the Yoruba of Nigeria, and Americans of Northern and Western European descent. > >The project will look at large blocks of human DNA known as haplotypes. According to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, humans of all ethnic groups share common haplotypes. <http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10005336>http://www.genome.gov/page. cfm?pageID=10005336 > >Dedy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 At 03:36 PM 10/30/02 -0500, you wrote: >How interesting the paradigm that there is a diabetes " gene. " Seems to me >diabetes is just a more extreme form on a SPECTRUM of the problem that >EVERYONE has with refined carbohydrates. If a person with diabetes has their >symptoms go away when they're off refined carbs, are they still a diabetic? > >Does heroin use cause heroin addiction, or are we all genetic heroin addicts? > >:-P > >Chris Good questions, Chris. Can't see much difference myself between the opioid/sugar addiction that occurs from refined carbs and the dopamine IIRC thats triggered by heroin and others. Saying you're dysfunctional instead of any portion of what is society is easier. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 Hi Many people drink alcohol and do not become an alcoholic. Many people use heroin and do not become addicted. It is the addicted part that relates to the genetic factor. Kat http://www.katking.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChrisMasterjohn@...> < > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Genome Study > How interesting the paradigm that there is a diabetes " gene. " Seems to me > diabetes is just a more extreme form on a SPECTRUM of the problem that > EVERYONE has with refined carbohydrates. If a person with diabetes has their > symptoms go away when they're off refined carbs, are they still a diabetic? > > Does heroin use cause heroin addiction, or are we all genetic heroin addicts? > > :-P > > Chris > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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