Some people eat all they want and never gain an ounce.
Others look at a piece of cheesecake and it goes directly to their hips or waist. Yes, says Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C., but you can learn how to reprogram your genes. A gene on Chromosome 8 makes an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, or LPL, that is responsible for storing fat. If I were to take a needle and extract some of your fat, we could tell what you have been eating, whether it's beef or fish or even olive oil. It doesn't get broken down very much.