disillusioned
Kraken
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Okay the title is a little bit of a clickbait. If you're diet is really, and I mean really terrible (as in you're drinking literally gallons of soda and ice cream everyday) it can still fuck you long-term. Ditto for things like alcohol & substance abuse.
But for the most part, most of the factors determining your health is mostly just genes, just like everything else in life. By 'health', I'm talking about body composition (not to be confused with body weight), blood pressure, blood sugar levels, liver function, etc. Unless you're literally a total retard most of your life choices won't change those things much.
To be clear, your lifestyles DOES do something, but it's minimal e.g. if you eat okay and exercise your blood pressure might lower by 4-6 points or something trivial like that, but otherwise it makes fuck all of a difference. There are people who have 180+ blood pressure despite doing everything correctly because of shit genes and meanwhile there are people who eat Mcnuggets everyday and have 120+.
Same for body composition: Some people might put on weight, but much of it just gets turned into muscle so even if they're objectively heavier they won't necessarily look that shit. Some simply also carry their fat better.
Imo unless your lifestyle is very extremely (e.g. massive overeating or alcohol/substance abuse) you're probably not meaningfully changing anything by adopting a 'healthier' lifestyle. Or at minimum, the reward Vs effort is mediocre at best.
But for the most part, most of the factors determining your health is mostly just genes, just like everything else in life. By 'health', I'm talking about body composition (not to be confused with body weight), blood pressure, blood sugar levels, liver function, etc. Unless you're literally a total retard most of your life choices won't change those things much.
To be clear, your lifestyles DOES do something, but it's minimal e.g. if you eat okay and exercise your blood pressure might lower by 4-6 points or something trivial like that, but otherwise it makes fuck all of a difference. There are people who have 180+ blood pressure despite doing everything correctly because of shit genes and meanwhile there are people who eat Mcnuggets everyday and have 120+.
Same for body composition: Some people might put on weight, but much of it just gets turned into muscle so even if they're objectively heavier they won't necessarily look that shit. Some simply also carry their fat better.
Imo unless your lifestyle is very extremely (e.g. massive overeating or alcohol/substance abuse) you're probably not meaningfully changing anything by adopting a 'healthier' lifestyle. Or at minimum, the reward Vs effort is mediocre at best.