Your friend eats whatever catches her fancy and stillremains as thin as she was in school, but you gain five pounds if youas much as look at that enticing chocolate cake. Before you sign up fora crash diet and gym membership, though, you may want to look at arecent study from Tel Aviv University and save yourself a small fortune.
Awoman's waistline may have less to do with rigorous exercise andabstaining from sweets than it does with the genes of her parents,according to the study. Gregory Livshits and collaborators from King'sCollege, London, have found a scientific link between the lean bodymass of a woman and her genes. Thinness, like our smile or eyecolour, is an inheritable trait, he concludes. Many of our physicalfeatures, including our weight, are dependent on our genes. The goodnews is that women still have an opportunity to go against theirgenetic constitution and do something about it," said Livshits. Heconducted his study on more than 3,000 middle-aged women in Britain whowere either identical or a fraternal twin pair. He measuredtheir "total lean mass", one of the three major components of bodyweight, and compared it to markers in their genes. Those withoutthe lean genes, however, will always find it harder to stay slim,predicted Livshits. But before your diet falls by the wayside, considerhis contention - genetics can be overcome. Group Moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connect your World with Us join Now - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dimpill_gang/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Adult Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantazies/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Health and Food Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Health_and_Gourmet/join Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
