Re: Where is the proof that the Hepatitis C (HCV) virus really exists? (same goes for HIV, the aids retrovirus)

"..an "endogenous retrovirus" -- a creation of the body's own genetic material that looks and functions partly like a virus, but is not an infection because it comes from the body's own cells."

So the conclusion is that a poor diet, redundant alcohol consumption and a genetic predisposition to the effects of same are the true causes of HCV?