Do you believe genes, or healthy lifestyle contribute more to a long life? Please explain both sides agreement and disagreement.

 

For the agreement, yes, both genes and healthy lifestyle can contribute to a long life. The role the genes play in this is the way our body was initially wired takes part in how we grow up into adults. And as adults, our genes can also be a factor on which kinds of diseases we may potentially acquire. For example, a person who had a parent or a grandparent with cancer before is more likely to get cancer too compared to a person who doesn't have that kind of medical history. For a healthy lifestyle, it goes without saying that pushing yourself to do healthy activities and eating a healthy diet can help you in achieving a longer and fuller life. Living healthy can prevent you from getting exposed to things that are not good for your body (such as nicotine from cigarettes or the harmful effects of too much alcohol).

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For the disagreement, while it may be easy to say that genes and a healthy lifestyle can contribute to a longer life, there are still external factors that take part in this. For example, you may be someone who does not do smoking, but there are times when it is unavoidable for us to breathe in secondhand smoke (which is also much more dangerous than smoking cigarette itself). You can also say that you're someone who does note drink alcohol especially when driving, but someone else who does may come across your path and crash into the car you're driving. The takeaway with this is you can be the healthiest person alive, but the fact that you can't control how others live their lives mean there are always still potential dangers around you that can cost you your health. So the best thing to do besides staying healthy yourself is advocating that message to other people too. Because what some stranger does can eventually affect us too.