Why Is The Black Community So Silent on High Blood Pressure, Diabetes etc #BlackUnexcellence

[IDFWU]

A lot of my family is middle class and fat as hell hard to blame poverty on that...when i started eating healthier and tried to put family on game, they thought I was a traitor money is one thing...but then u gotta change the mentality of eating at buffets after church service

i dont know about that

High Blood Pressure and Diabetes can be linked to socioeconomic conditions of not only blacks but any

lower/working class social groups

thats why theres nothing but mcdonalds and liquiour stores in the hood

and also eating healthy and organically is actually quite expensive

i feel you though, this is a big problem

shout out the first lady for making this a priority for soem time know

 

[KOohbt]

Fruits and veggies are cheap. fukk nikkas deserve to die from refusing to eat fruits, veggies, and drink water. No adult should have any excuse for why they choose to pay all that money for shyt food.

 

[wet landscapes]

poverty and escapism

 

[KOohbt]

Fruits and veggies be like 1$ a pound. Gtfoh. nikkas just like eating shyt foods. A bag of kale ain't expensive why you fat fukks lie for? A pound of bananas ain't expensive. Green beans are cheap. Why y'all fatty fukks lie for. We all have access to grocery stores and know the prices. Matter fact we on the internet we can get to posting prices.

 

[Groanman]

"Git'cho blood pressure game up, nga! Ole low pressure havin' azz!"

 

[CriticalThought]

Education and awareness does wonders. But you had black people more concerned with raising awareness for ALS with the ice bucket challenge. Gotta ask them why they weren't raising awareness for diabetes, HBP, sickle cell or the diseases that plague black people. ALS isn't high on that list.

 

[BezO]

Lazy, distracted, misinformed, bad priorities, close minded, etc.

 

[KOohbt]

Education and awareness does wonders. But you had black people more concerned with raising awareness for ALS with the ice bucket challenge. Gotta ask them why they weren't raising awareness for diabetes, HBP, sickle cell or the diseases that plague black people. ALS isn't high on that list.

This is a tangible thing we can fix in the community outside white folks. I'm starting urban gardens in my city this year and my goal is to have a string of urban gardens thougout the hood I lived in. Get people involved in the process of growing veggies, spices, flowers and canning them for products. I want to change this shyt eating culture. Too many unnecessary deaths due to poor eating habits. We can't be dealing with psycho cacs if we can't even eat properly.

 

[froggle]

Ima put you brehs onto this website I've been using the last two months where healthy meals are made. The guy that put it together is some breh from Texas and he has so much variety of foods you will never get tired of cooking.

Fitmencook.com is a gem! I've cooked for some people and they've been impressed on how healthy food could taste so good.

sent this out to a couple of people, dapped/repped

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Eating healthy is not expensive at all. Let's stop with the constant excuses. The problem is that it's too boring compared to unhealthy processed food and it takes willpower to maintain that lifestyle.

It depends on what you mean when you say eating healthy. And its not like we're eating junk all day, the American diet is carb\sugar heavy, and our bodies just aren't designed for it.....

We continue to drink milk and eat cheese for God's sake, knowing good and damn well we're lactose intolerant

 

[Piff Perkins]

All I know is that I wish some people would stop thinking that fried fish=healthy. My aunt been bragging about eating healthy while frying fish weekly. Works out once a week and thinks she's doing fine. Everytime I see her she gained more weight

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Fruits and veggies are cheap.

Quality fruits and veggies are not cheap.....Yall cats so out of touch man

 

[CriticalThought]

This is a tangible thing we can fix in the community outside white folks. I'm starting urban gardens in my city this year and my goal is to have a string of urban gardens thougout the hood I lived in. Get people involved in the process of growing veggies, spices, flowers and canning them for products. I want to change this shyt eating culture. Too many unnecessary deaths due to poor eating habits. We can't be dealing with psycho cacs if we can't even eat properly.

 

[wet landscapes]

This is a tangible thing we can fix in the community outside white folks. I'm starting urban gardens in my city this year and my goal is to have a string of urban gardens thougout the hood I lived in. Get people involved in the process of growing veggies, spices, flowers and canning them for products. I want to change this shyt eating culture. Too many unnecessary deaths due to poor eating habits. We can't be dealing with psycho cacs if we can't even eat properly.

thats awesome!
I think should deal with the emotional aspect of bad eating habits as well

 

[mtu wa chuma]

Quality fruits and veggies are not cheap.....Yall cats so out of touch man

Eating your run of the mill vegetables from your local grocery is better than nothing. I add spinach, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes in my food daily and its still cheaper than when i was eating McDonalds and kfc pretty much every day.