I don’t know about you, but I’m one who has stood over the caskets of loved ones who didn’t have to die. I’m convinced that the change in the health choices of Black people around this country is KEY to changing the health outcomes and disparities.
Read MoreI had the privilege of meeting the late Elijah Saunders, MD, when I did some work for the Association of Black Cardiologists. I will never forget that meeting.
Read MoreI also remember my days as a Home Economist in GA listening to Black women talk about broccoli. They were shopping in the grocery store and one was trying to convince the other to eat some broccoli. “I ain’t eatin’ no White folks food” was her answer. For some reason, most of the “standards” that are promoted as normal or best, including those around health and health issues are based in Eurocentrism.
Read MoreI was driven to find out how my food choices could impact my outcomes and that’s when I discovered, among other things, the power of phytochemicals found only in plant foods. A NCI sponsored study was all I needed. Led by the late Herb Pierson, they observed phytochemicals found in foods that have been the basis of folkloric recipes for millennia. They found that the phytochemicals prevented clots, prevented the expression of cancer, prevented osteoporosis and a host of other things.
Read MorePlants are PHYTOCHEMICAL rich which can turn genes on or off to improve your health. As your overall circulation improves, your brain will improve as well. You will be able to think and reason more clearly and make even better decisions in your life. (Recipe for Gumbo in Blog).
Read MoreI’m no longer buying that I’m gonna be sick cause momma and daddy were. Genetics may load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger. And, every single day, there’s another study that shows how lifestyle choices and simple remedies can change our “genetics” for the better. Don’t believe me? Look up Epigenetics!!!
Read MoreSeems like the western lifestyle is toxic to people of color. Seems like, if we make a choice to live a life closer to that of our forebears, and what the Creator intended, we might be able to change the numbers. This study, African/African American Diet Swap, though related to cancer, confirms for me that our choices are the most POWERFUL tool we have to changing the direction of our health.
Read MoreWhile legally free, they faced a much desired but challenging prospect of actually living free in a country that had prospered from their labor, had grudgingly granted that freedom and regarded them as less than human. And, for the last 157 years this country has wrestled with the threads of racism and injustice that are woven deeply into its fibers.
Read MoreWe are the Black History that the future will read. Will it inspire hope or be a source of sadness to those who come behind?
Read MoreRecently, as I’ve signed on to Social Media, the overwhelming amount of death notices and requests for prayer for the dying and the sick hits me in my gut and my heart starts to hurt. And, then I don’t want to scroll…. It’s a painful reminder of our mortality.
Read MoreOkay!! It’s January 26th!! How you doing on those New Year Resolutions? You on target? You feeling successful? Are you reaching those goals?
Read MoreAging does not have to mean that good loving is a part of your past. And, if you’ve been in a healthy relationship with someone as long as I have - 38 years - there’s a level of connection and intimacy that often develops and moves you from just “having sex” to truly “making love”.
Read MoreI don’t know if you’ve experienced an event in your life that has gotten you all tangled up. But, if you have, you can be set free.
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