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> >Don't smoke,
> don't drink, eat right and maybe 70 percent of illnesses will pass you
> by.
> 

Or   maybe 97%  or maybe more.

It is a function of our diverse philosophies.  Some see genetics as much more 
mechanical than it is.  Emerging research, and especially emerging 
enlightenment, shows that our experiences and our attitudes actually change 
our genes as 
much if not more so than vice versa.

For example, new idenitcal twin studies show that although they are more or 
less genetically identical at birth, by the time they are adults, they have 
begun to genetically diversify and are no longer genetically identical.

In our modern world there are those who are invested in being sick no matter 
what.  It is a part of their identity and personality.  Likewise there are 
those who are invested in being well no matter what.  It is part of their 
identity and personality.  To those with a mechanistic view of the universe 
and a 
mechanistic view of the human being, these people are just "lucky".  But to 
those 
with a different focus on reality, those people are creating the atmosphere 
and probability of their own health.

James (The most worderful thing about James's is I'm the only one!)