How many of you think heart disease and high blood pressure is hereditary?

[sean1234]

I was just looking at peoples comments on another site about the subject and was astonished at the answers. So lack of exercise has nothing to do with it? So I can eat right and work out all day long every day and still have high blood pressure and get heart disease?

I do think its hereditary

I don't think its hereditary

dont know or dont care

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+1 y

This is why I asked this question. People seem so confused to me because how you think. If you clearly have bad eating habits&clearly dont look like you exercise for that matter, then how could you possibly think you got those ailments in your genes?

[Dandeus]

Your poll is inadequate. Genetics causes PREDISPOSITIONS to disease, higher risk. It's no guarantee, and the genetics don't CAUSE the disease. But between two people with similar diets and activity levels, the one with the bad genetics is more likely to develop the disease.

The question is kind of pointless... There's no opinion to be had here. This isn't some esoteric, rare disease. Genetic risk is a well documented element of heart disease.

[sean1234]

Ah, so you do believe its hereditary.

[Dandeus]

You clearly didn't read a thing I wrote.

[Anonymous]

I would venture to guess it's a combination of factors but having family traits of heart disease most certainly increases one's chance to also have it.

[lumos]

It's partially hereditary. Whether you get it or not also depends on your diet, how much you exercise etc. It depends on how well you take care of your body, as well as your genes.
Technically, yes, I guess you could be very healthy and still get a heart disease if your family has a long history of heart diseases. But then again, the risks will lower the better you take care of yourself.

[lumos]

Atherosclerosis is often the leading cause of different heart diseases/thrombi. And you can mostly just get atherosclerosis by eating food that contains lots of saturated fats etc.

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Its partially hereditary as everyone in my family is prone to high cholesterol but diet has a lot more to do with it. If you eat really shitty you are going to get diabetes and die. Also all of the chefs in my school have health problems and some have had heart attacks because of their terrible eating habits

[523206720]

It might be a combination - inherited through genes but also through bad environmental conditions or choices.

[douride2]

It' a combination of both heredity & lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

I don't think, I know it is

[inlovewithyou2014]

It is hereditary.