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You are what Grandma ate
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Interesting. Francis Pottenger discovered this decades ago, though by non-genetic means. See:
http://www.ppnf.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_44&products_id=228
If you're into nutrition/health issues, it's well worth chasing up. Also worth getting hold of is "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Weston Price:
http://www.ppnf.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_43&products_id=226
There's a foundation dedicated to Pottenger's and Price's works:
http://www.price-pottenger.org/
Nice to see that mainstream science is catching up with them... :-)