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As I'm about half done with Good Calories, Bad Calories, this post rather resonates. My mother is an identical twin and she is about as equal in stature to her
by latortuga 17y ago
As I'm about half done with Good Calories, Bad Calories, this post rather resonates. My mother is an identical twin and she is about as equal in stature to her sister as you can be. It's curious to me that I've always accepted that since they're twins, they must have similar body types. It is very quickly apparent to me that, because they live apart and don't eat the same things, weight and/or body type must have some genetic or metabolic component unrelated to consumption or exercise.
The disconnect between my observation and my previous thinking of obesity being related to will power or exercise habits is sort of mind blowing.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoAre you sure they don't eat the same things? They grew up together? This is most likely to mean that they eat a similar diet - if they co-habit with people outside the others social setting then that's probably going to lead away from similar diets. My cooking is very much influenced by the things my mother cooked for me; I also borrow recipes from my sister occasionally.