I'm of mind to say we don't need all that '30 min or more outside' talk but its curious that so many people repeat it when the studies indicate otherwise. We got the best bone health out of others racially but I'd love to read some rebuttals as to why we have to stay outside longer.
I wish I could find out more about them melanin conferences-so much information they got stockpiled.
As for the study I posted up earlier, I want to say to those that didn't read it that the study downplayed the role of breastfed infants and formula fed infants too much for me. It seemed most of the black children in the study were fed on formula (a number that also included infants breast-fed for less than two months) which may have affected growth( I'm not sure if it does or doesn't). In comparison to the white children, who were distributed more evenly between breastfed and formula feeding, I think we might need to look more deeply into feeding habits/ environment who had a lower growth velocity. Furthermore, I would say the study was really more about differences in white and black baby growth spurts.That's what I got out of them 4 pages.
Anyways, I got an actual genetics question this time.
Is the black diaspora weaker genetically or stronger? Got me thinking since I was just read something about Afro-Caribbeans having a higher incidence of Lupus in America/ West Indies than other racial groups. The same piece also West Africans have extremely low reported incidences (Might be less screening or studies recording it too but I'll go with it for now till I read more later). My personal opinion is that there are trade-offs here in the west for blacks.
Thoughts?