I still disagree with the genetic predetermination theory…

believing that heredity and genetically predetermined factors shaped most of one’s behavior, especially during childhood.

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…such thinking only locks one into a way of thinking, my own personal experiences not excluded.   Monkey see monkey do, however offensive referencing human man to an ape may be, we do process what we see though our brains and will eventually act that out of our minds, unless of course you can afford to have people do it for you. 

I have proven via the use of certain amino acids, upon the advice of Dr. Balch in his book, Prescription for Healing, that one can inhibit synaptic activity long enough to break these connections that create the habits and they will cease to affect one’s behavior.   However, this does not prevent the habits of others from affecting your behavior, as in transferences that excite the senses so that one desires to indulge in various activities.  If one is not aware of these propensities in our social lives then one may become victim of them and thus create the unwanted habit all over again. 

Having tried various methods for breaking these unhealthy habits, such as AA and more or less, confession, some of the habits still remained and I found it more equitable to replace bad habits with better ones without altering the base behavior, such as drinking a glass of water or the act of picking up a glass with something in it.

My mother never used a lot of sugar but my father’s family did.  I seemed to have inherited a balance between the two but having poisoned my mind with so much television, the increased use of sugar became a habit that has up-regulated my need for sugar in the diet amongst all of the other ingredients in the sugary products marketed in my youth.  For a very long time I rarely drank soft drinks which replaced the alcohol in my diet and used about a half teaspoon of sugar in my coffee.   My high fat diet also contributed to my physiological need for higher than normal levels of glycerol which is also an alcohol.   It is a matter of down-regulating these chemicals in the body and up-regulating those chemicals similar in structure but natural to the body, that reduces the acquisition of the harmful chemicals.   Consuming a sufficient amount of protein can reduce the desire for sugar.  This involves having a degree of knowledge in human biochemistry but can be as simple as eating a well balanced diet that included a sufficient amount of protein.