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Only with the "western" diet. You'll see much fewer cases of appendicitis amongst those who don't eat the overly-rich western diet. So in my opinion, this is cu
by roqetman 17y ago
Only with the "western" diet. You'll see much fewer cases of appendicitis amongst those who don't eat the overly-rich western diet. So in my opinion, this is cultural, not genetic.
- xiaoma 17y agoMy father had appendicitis before the age of 25, despite a relatively simple diet. His father, who lived through WWII food rationing, had appendicitis, too. He wouldn't have survived without being cut open and treated with penicillin. For obvious reasons, I wish this were caused by culture, but genetics is almost certainly at work.
- eru 17y agoCulture saved them in this case.