majority of Caribbean food wasn't made during the slave period tho
I'm done with you niccas
Lets keep it real, AA's have the best black food in the world
- Thread starter BrothaZay
- Start date
I'm done with you niccas
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Not sure if I can trust a black person who doesn't like jerk chicken
MikeyC
The Coli Royal Rumble Champion 2019
I wasn't going to participate in the divisiveness...but I can't stand for the gumbo slanderand
You tried it but
Trying what?
I'm agreeing with OP.That combination of high fructose corn syrup and e numbers is second to none.
You tryna tell me stuff like salt fish and roti was available during the slavery period
Trying what?
That combination of high fructose corn syrup and e numbers is second to none.
That's fast food
You aren't funny
They have McDonald's across the pond
Posting obese Black men with fast food you might be what they say you are
you said the majority now you're pointing out a few dishes (which you might be wrong on also
) majority of Caribbean food wasn't made during the slave period tho
You're wrong fukk nicca stop quoting me
Doobie Doo
Veteran
You never heard of puff puff?
- I've heard of hush puppies. if puff puff were hush puppies we'd call them hush puppies. Obviously America is a fairly new country everything here has an origin somewhere else from pizza, burgers, barbecue etc. But don't tell me chitterlings mac and cheese and all the staples of soul food started in Africa when we know our culture was denied and they were throwing slaves scraps
DemureNatural
Pro
Not sure if I can trust a black person who doesn't like jerk chicken
What about one who doesn't eat chicken?
Look To The Yams: New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
Look To The Yams: New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
November 21, 2016 | By Charing Ball
25 Comments
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a long-time friend who was visiting from his adopted home in Korea.
The friend, who is African-American, born and raised in Philadelphia and had only been in the States for a month, said one thing he didn’t enjoy about returning home was the weight gain. So far, he had gained 15 pounds.
“I think part of the reason for my weight gain is because the food over there is horrible,” he said as he took a bite into his second helping of tacos.
Perhaps.
But according to new research, it might be environmental.
As reported by the New York Daily News:
“A new study from the city’s Health Department examining health discrepancies among black New Yorkers found that Caribbean and African immigrants tend to have fewer health problems like asthma and obesity than American-born blacks.
American-born blacks are also more apt to smoke and drink than blacks who are originally from other countries, the study says.
Some 53% of American blacks labeled themselves as drinkers, compared with 44% of Caribbeans and 34% of Africans.
No black group drinks as much as white New Yorkers, 70% of whom reported being drinkers, the study found.”
The health distinction between Diaspora and native Africans does not stop there. As the article notes, African-Americans have a greater percentages of obesity, asthma and high-blood pressure than our West Indian and African counterparts.
In fact, the only illness category in which all Blacks rated the same was diabetes (between 13 and 14 percent).
Although this particular health department study doesn’t spell out other factors that might contribute to the health gap (outside of smoking and drinking), its findings underscores previous research, which contrasts the health benefits between African-Americans and traditional South African diets.
In that study, which was published in April of 2015, colon cancer researchers at the University of Pittsburgh switched the diets of 20 African-Americans and 20 South Africans in a two week period span.
And as reported by Think Progress:
“In this time, the Africans consumed traditional American food — meat and cheese high in fat content — while African Americans took on a traditional African diet — high in fiber and low in fat, with plenty of vegetables, beans, and cornmeal, with little meat.
After the exchange, researchers performed colonoscopies on both groups and found that those in the African diet group increased the production of butyrate, a fatty acid proven to protect against colon cancer. Members of the American diet group, on the other hand, developed changes in their gut that scientists say precede the development of cancerous cells.”
You can read the study here.
And of course, none of this is conclusive. Like I said, my friend has been living in Korea. And when not in the States, he tends to only eat fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats anyway.
But if you find yourself ailing from a disease or obesity, and you’re not getting anywhere with modern medicine and other dietary suggestions, perhaps the answer might involve eating like our ancestors, pre-slavery, did?
Image via Shutterstock
New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
Look To The Yams: New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
November 21, 2016 | By Charing Ball
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a long-time friend who was visiting from his adopted home in Korea.
The friend, who is African-American, born and raised in Philadelphia and had only been in the States for a month, said one thing he didn’t enjoy about returning home was the weight gain. So far, he had gained 15 pounds.
“I think part of the reason for my weight gain is because the food over there is horrible,” he said as he took a bite into his second helping of tacos.
Perhaps.
But according to new research, it might be environmental.
As reported by the New York Daily News:
“A new study from the city’s Health Department examining health discrepancies among black New Yorkers found that Caribbean and African immigrants tend to have fewer health problems like asthma and obesity than American-born blacks.
American-born blacks are also more apt to smoke and drink than blacks who are originally from other countries, the study says.
Some 53% of American blacks labeled themselves as drinkers, compared with 44% of Caribbeans and 34% of Africans.
No black group drinks as much as white New Yorkers, 70% of whom reported being drinkers, the study found.”
The health distinction between Diaspora and native Africans does not stop there. As the article notes, African-Americans have a greater percentages of obesity, asthma and high-blood pressure than our West Indian and African counterparts.
In fact, the only illness category in which all Blacks rated the same was diabetes (between 13 and 14 percent).
Although this particular health department study doesn’t spell out other factors that might contribute to the health gap (outside of smoking and drinking), its findings underscores previous research, which contrasts the health benefits between African-Americans and traditional South African diets.
In that study, which was published in April of 2015, colon cancer researchers at the University of Pittsburgh switched the diets of 20 African-Americans and 20 South Africans in a two week period span.
And as reported by Think Progress:
“In this time, the Africans consumed traditional American food — meat and cheese high in fat content — while African Americans took on a traditional African diet — high in fiber and low in fat, with plenty of vegetables, beans, and cornmeal, with little meat.
After the exchange, researchers performed colonoscopies on both groups and found that those in the African diet group increased the production of butyrate, a fatty acid proven to protect against colon cancer. Members of the American diet group, on the other hand, developed changes in their gut that scientists say precede the development of cancerous cells.”
You can read the study here.
And of course, none of this is conclusive. Like I said, my friend has been living in Korea. And when not in the States, he tends to only eat fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats anyway.
But if you find yourself ailing from a disease or obesity, and you’re not getting anywhere with modern medicine and other dietary suggestions, perhaps the answer might involve eating like our ancestors, pre-slavery, did?
Image via Shutterstock
K.Dot
African American
Yes, it's not our fault that the world is obsessed with assimilation.AAs have their own food?
MikeyC
The Coli Royal Rumble Champion 2019
Look To The Yams: New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
Look To The Yams: New Study Finds Africans, Caribbean Immigrants Healthier than African-Americans
November 21, 2016 | By Charing Ball
25 Comments
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a long-time friend who was visiting from his adopted home in Korea.
The friend, who is African-American, born and raised in Philadelphia and had only been in the States for a month, said one thing he didn’t enjoy about returning home was the weight gain. So far, he had gained 15 pounds.
“I think part of the reason for my weight gain is because the food over there is horrible,” he said as he took a bite into his second helping of tacos.
Perhaps.
But according to new research, it might be environmental.
As reported by the New York Daily News:
“A new study from the city’s Health Department examining health discrepancies among black New Yorkers found that Caribbean and African immigrants tend to have fewer health problems like asthma and obesity than American-born blacks.
American-born blacks are also more apt to smoke and drink than blacks who are originally from other countries, the study says.
Some 53% of American blacks labeled themselves as drinkers, compared with 44% of Caribbeans and 34% of Africans.
No black group drinks as much as white New Yorkers, 70% of whom reported being drinkers, the study found.”
The health distinction between Diaspora and native Africans does not stop there. As the article notes, African-Americans have a greater percentages of obesity, asthma and high-blood pressure than our West Indian and African counterparts.
In fact, the only illness category in which all Blacks rated the same was diabetes (between 13 and 14 percent).
Although this particular health department study doesn’t spell out other factors that might contribute to the health gap (outside of smoking and drinking), its findings underscores previous research, which contrasts the health benefits between African-Americans and traditional South African diets.
In that study, which was published in April of 2015, colon cancer researchers at the University of Pittsburgh switched the diets of 20 African-Americans and 20 South Africans in a two week period span.
And as reported by Think Progress:
“In this time, the Africans consumed traditional American food — meat and cheese high in fat content — while African Americans took on a traditional African diet — high in fiber and low in fat, with plenty of vegetables, beans, and cornmeal, with little meat.
After the exchange, researchers performed colonoscopies on both groups and found that those in the African diet group increased the production of butyrate, a fatty acid proven to protect against colon cancer. Members of the American diet group, on the other hand, developed changes in their gut that scientists say precede the development of cancerous cells.”
You can read the study here.
And of course, none of this is conclusive. Like I said, my friend has been living in Korea. And when not in the States, he tends to only eat fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats anyway.
But if you find yourself ailing from a disease or obesity, and you’re not getting anywhere with modern medicine and other dietary suggestions, perhaps the answer might involve eating like our ancestors, pre-slavery, did?
Image via Shutterstock
Much of the article states reasons beyond food. Ya'll really trying. Soul food is the GOAT. Deal with it.
