Some Black American Illnesses Explained:

July 21-2006:


Question: What do these illnesses have in common?Diabetes, obesity, lupus, heart disease, hypertension, endodermisAnswer: They are all inflammatory diseases which people of African descent people suffer from disproportionately and they are preventable.
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Attention:
* The problem historically with Black America and it's nutritional habits, stem from ignorance, poverty, and terrible eating habits resulting in poor nutrition.
* The average lower level working class Black American family cannot follow any strict nutritional diet, based on the established
guidelines for proper nutrition.
* Many depend on Food Stamps to supplement their daily diets.
* While others are reeling under the weight of large families, extended families, ignorance, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and other poor or compromised health concerns.
* Obesity comes from poor nutritional habits, genetics, and the lack of regular comprehensive exercise.
And most Americans have that dilemma to deal with. Blacks are much more inclined to be fat for most of the aforementioned reasons.

Could these problems be prevented or brought in check nationally?
* I say it would have to be a process of education from Primary school to College, on proper nutritional habits and the benefits to be derived therefrom.
* A national change in attitudes to eating, and eating habits. For example, no snacking while viewing TV on Potato Chips, French Fries, and other Junk Food.
* The take-out delicatessens like Mac Donalds, Berger King, etc that sell cheap meals, would have to be strictly curtailed as a source of regular food intake.
These are just some of the solutions that would be necessary for a start, in the direction of corrective solutions.
Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.