Elaine C Smith: Chips Are in Our Genes
Posted on: Sunday, 27 November 2005, 06:00 CST
By Elaine C Smith
I SEE scientists have located what they think is a Scottish or Celtic gene that means that we are more likely to succumb to illnesses such as heart disease and cancer.
Centuries of poverty and malnutrition have taken their toll on our genetic make-up and now even if we move away to the other end of the planet, we are still susceptible to these conditions. You can't escape being Scottish.
I wonder if they have discovered that a love of chips, feeling obliged to sing a Patsy Cline number at the drop of a hat, having a fight and a good greet is also in our Celtic/Scottish genes?
Or is that just my family
Source: Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK)
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