Friday, August 20, 2010

Is it true that African Americans are @ higher risk for heart disease because of types of food eaten thru his


Is it true that African Americans are @ higher risk for heart disease because of types of food eaten thru his
Is it true that African Americans are @ higher risk of heart problems because of the types of foods they have eatten throughout history or through the last 500 years. For example fried foods, fatty foods greesy foods, scraps from the pig, cow, ect and has it then become herditary?
Heart Diseases - 5 Answers
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1 :
as long as you take care of yourself you can control what you eat.
2 :
All of the pork, fried foods, and red meats do contribute to heart problems, and weight problems, and diabetes. It does put people at a greater risk no matter what race they are.
3 :
who cares - they drink sewage water anyway - and have to get internet access by plugging their laptop into a friggin' coconut tree haha
4 :
Not likely genetic, more just cultural from all that fat in the diet with less anti-oxidant foods (fruits and vegies). Its genetic in just about everyone.
5 :
Just wasn't the food it was all the SALT that was added, ham cured in salt., collard greens required salt to taste better. Comfort foods usually high in fat. Genetics does play a role in this. Since they were brought here against their will, they had to survive with the food they were not used to



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