As people have become more aware of genetics, a number of myths have been born. The most common is that the genes you inherit from your parents fix your body type and you have absolutely no chance to change it. This makes genetics a very convenient excuse when people are looking to explain why their latest diet is a failure. The reality is rather different. Genetics is science looking at the process that enables each new generation to inherit characteristics from the parental generation. People are deceived into believing that this science is very precise when researchers announce they have identified a particular gene responsible for an inherited disease. Read the rest of this entry »