Genetic variation and nutrition.

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Advances in genetics and molecular biology indicate that susceptibility to chronic diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, alcoholism, cancer, etc., to a great extent is genetically determined. Studies have shown that 50% of the variance in plasma cholesterol concentration is genetically determined, whereas 30%-60% of the variance in blood pressure is...

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