Layne Westover wrote:
 
 
>Just a short note on some of the comments of genetics being changed or
affected
>by what the bees eat.  I think that what was really meant by this statement
is
>that the way the genes are expressed--the expression of the genes--can be
>affected by diet.  The genetics are not changed.  The DNA is not changed,
but
>how the genes express themselves can change depending on the dietary
inputs.
>I think this is what Dr. Stefan was meaning, and it is a logically valid
point.
>Better diets and nutrition and all animals and plants are better able to
resist
>diseases and stresses IMHO.
>
>Layne Westover
>College Station, Texas
 
 
        Hi all,
 
    I repeat that I am not a specialist in genetics, not even a good MD (a
good MD will be not insulted in Internet, isn't it?).
 
    What Layne is saying above is correct. Yes, that I was intending to say
related to the IMMEDIATE effects of a wrong diet.
 
    However, my belief is that on long term (several generations), as it
happens in humans, the genes themselves will change and will transmit better
the negative traits...
 
    This "negative" inheritance may be manifested to the future generations
through:
 
a) a shorter general life span;
 
b) a tendency to metabolical diseases;
 
c) a possible tendency towards anatomical malformations WHEN favorable
factors occurs simultaneously; these factors can be, IMHO, over smoking,
pesticides over the physiological possibilities to neutralize them,
excessive sugar feeding, certain vegetal oncogenes etc, UV light etc., etc.
 
 
    Kind regards,
 
        Stefan Stangaciu, MD, LAcup.
       Constanta, Romania
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