Jaiwant Rangi, MD, FACEEndocrinologist | Founder, Lower The Dose® | Speaker

GENETICS LOADS THE GUN BUT LIFESTYLE PULLS THE TRIGGER

26 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Genetics set your baseline risk for heart disease, but lifestyle factors are pushing cardiovascular events two decades earlier in children than their parents experienced. Diet, environmental toxins, and modern living habits are the real accelerators. Catching early physiological changes matters.

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Genetics loads the gun and lifestyle pulls the trigger. The mom might have had heart attack or stroke at age 75, but the kids are getting it in their 50s, 20 years earlier. So that's clearly something to do with their lifestyle. We are seeing so much more change in the environment, you know, the way people are eating. But at the end of the day, you're living in this world that has so many toxins and changes that have already happened that you have to learn to also keep up with the early changes that you can catch. Jaiwant Rangi.