Originally Posted by epitome

Let's see, my Mom is 65 and has smoked a pack or two cigarettes a day and at least six cokes since she was 10. Clean bill of health, except for epilepsy. Heart disease and diabetes runs in the family, but she is healthy as can be.

A 19 or 20 year old I know that never smoke, drank or did much of anything except play outdoors died of cancer last Saturday (started as lung and spread, no smokers in house).

I think a lot more shit is tied to our genetic makeup and individual bodies than what we consume.

Some things might be bad for us, but if you look around, some people over consume the same thing with no consequences and others don't and face them.