A medical study has just been released that has a surprise result. It was a study on the prevalence of cancer in closed societies, where many of the members of those societies are closely related. The theory was that genetically influenced diseases such as cancer would be more common and the incidence of the disease would be greater than the norm. Being a Canadian study, and having a closed society at hand, the Amish of Eastern Ontario where chosen in the eight year study. The surprising result was that the Amish are less likely to have cancer by a factor of 40%!
It is concluded that environmental factors can and will over ride genetic factors. The clean living, hard working, and healthy eating Amish have the lifestyle to emulate if you want to live to a ripe cancer free old age.
I suppose it also proves that the exhaust from horses is less harmful than the exhaust from cars and trucks.
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