Duarte
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My results. Some of them surprising, others plain wrong: I am by no means of "average height" by European standards. I am assigned "reduced memory performance", when that has always been about my only one cerebral asset. I am a "lactose intolerant" individual who drinks milk by the gallon without any digestive problem. I am supposed to be of "impaired muscle performance", when my main occupation outside my job is lumberjacking, an activity at which, by their own admission, I rival experienced professionals. It just goes to show that genetic analysis is not the last word of everything.
Hello hrvclv.
I agree with you. Genetic tests are not infallible and give us only a prognosis based on statistical inferences obtained from the comparative analyzes of the results of thousands of individuals in tests carried out in accordance with pre-established standards in order to avoid contaminations or deviations that could compromise irreversibly the quality of results. The results of the samplings will then be applied to a whole group or a whole population, after a rigorous technical audit to validate the final results. Some inferences are better than others, and more recent works often appear to overturn theses that have been kept as untouchable dógmas for years. The principle of uncertainty will always be present. The best way to detect lactose intolerance is through of an examination in a laboratory of clinical analysis and not through a genetic examination. Genetics indicates only a possible predisposition to intolerance and not a intolerance itself. Many genetic keys are not activated during a person's whole life. It depends much more on the exposure or not to certain physical, biological, environmental, chemical factors, among many others. For example, to say that a redhead person may be more disposed to skin cancer is not the same as saying that he will get skin cancer. You said yourself that you have an athlete's physical biotype and above average height. The way we were created, fed, exercised, that is, environmental factors, often has more effect on the end result than genetic predisposition. They say that someone's average height is determined by the average height of their parents. If it were this way, I would be of medium height, but I am a tall person, just like all my brothers. We certainly had a much better nutritional and environmental condition than our parents. I do not want to say that my parents went hungry, I just want to emphasize that I and my brothers and sisters had access to nutritional conditions much more favorable than those that our parents had in their childhood and youth.
A big hug dear friend
