Sadly, one of the implications of understanding this new genetic information is that most of us today cannot ignore cholesterol just because we exercise. Some bodies just do not process things as well as others.
   Since the race never needed to be thin and live to be 92 in order to reproduce, there was no particular selection for a gene of this type, and it is pure chance that it was discovered at all. Gaining weight may have even been a partial survival trait in days when food was scarce and we got lots of exercise anyway!...at least we survived long enough to have kids!

I have always been lucky and stayed thin and had VERY good cholesterol and thought I'd never have to worry, but recently I was told I had 'moderate' elevation in 'bad' cholesterol. The doc said that *I* needed to exercise more, so at age 65, I am starting a separate exercise program for the first time in my life.
......boy, if this therapy WERE widely available today, my wonderful Italian wife, Ferrara, could once again eat more of the food she grew up loving!