Well aren't you just a lovely, empathetic person. Oh, and you're also an idiot since you clearly have no idea that high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease all have a genetic basis. Any other stupid things to say, or are you all done?

This reminds me of that picture where they have the morbidly obese woman and it says, "welcome to the Bible Belt, where being obese is genetic and homosexuality is a choice." If it's genetic, then you have to work harder. Either way, people who take care of themselves don't need heart bypasses.

You really, honestly, truly don't have a clue. It's really sad. You can be the healthiest person in the world, eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep, take vitamins, and still die of a heart attack. There's a reason heart disease is the #1 cause of death worldwide - because no matter how hard you try, if it wants you, it will take you. Now please do yourself a favour and stop.

I don't have much more time to waste on you, so I'm going to make this simple. Do you think there's a higher incidence of heart disease in the marathoner community or in people who are sedentary. You mentioning a marathon runner who had a bypass is an example of anecdotal evidence. Remembering all the hits and forgetting all the misses is a very human thing to do because we're pattern seekers.

Your username is strangely appropriate. Feel free not to waste any more time on me, because I'm obviously the idiot here who knows nothing about physiology, anatomy, pathology, and hemodynamics. You obviously are a well-read and intelligent expert in this field. Your prowess is unparalleled.