It's possible that genetic factors count for more than everything else for certain people.
The family history profiled here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/health/seeking-clues-to-a-... sounds extremely similar.
The family history profiled here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/health/seeking-clues-to-a-... sounds extremely similar.
Lets say your family eats a certain way when you are young, and your family members die of heart disease. And you continue that pattern into adulthood, eating the same way you were brought up, and you get heart disease.
Is it genetic or is it passed-down environmental?
I think it's the latter.