“My Grandmother, bless her heart, lived to be 98 years old. She ate heavy amounts of bacon, fried eggs etc. In general terms I think it is genetics that determines long life, not what one eats.”
Agreed. There is far, far more of “what and who we are” that is determined by genetic heritage than we yet know (or may ever be willing to admit)...
I agree. On the old issue of Nature(Genetics) vs Nurture(The Culture)most Americans fall on the “Nurture” side of the argument. Such a position ultimately falls on the egalitarian democratic end of political philosophy.