Guest guest Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Several Days ago Elaine posted a transcript from Democracy Now discussing a new drug for heart disease that is designed for blacks. I have seen no dialogue about this did everybody miss it ? Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Hi Margie, Here's the URL again. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/01/1359214 Elaine Margie Roswell <mroswell wrote: I didn't find the posting... here's the URL for anyone who may be interested.... I'm just starting to listen now... (if my darned audio would only work....) Start your day with - make it your home page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I heard the coverage. Not sure if what I heard was Democracy Now or not (I listen to Democracy Now, but not exclusively...) I went to a conference last year on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities held at UMBC. Apart from the toxic food there, they also were distributing this book, from our goverment. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.htm I found that cookbook to be apalling. They hadn't even taken out heart-toxic trans fats from their recipes. Being white myself, it would kind of be a little awkard to mount a campaign about how our government promotes unhealthy food in the name of health to our ethnic populations (they also have a Hispanic Heart Healthy set of recipes, equally ill-informed.) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_recip.htm Here's the PDF of the African-American one, complete with African-centric artwork http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf (as though traditional Africans ate cornbread with white sugar and 1/4 tub of margarine, and as though a recipe book that doesn't have a single vegetarian (no-less vegan) entree is " heart-healthy. " ) I did approach PCRM, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine about it. They do have a lot on their plate. But if anyone here is as appalled by those recipes as I am, that issue is worth pursuing. Anyhow, Lynda, I'm interested in your take on the Democracy Now coverage. If you tell me what they were saying, I'll remember if I heard it. Best Regards, Margie P.S. the data at the conference was very compelling, showing clear disparities in various chronic diseases in African-American vs. other populations. I can't help but think most of it is lifestyle-related. Especially when I spoke to the conference organizers about offering support for healthier food next year, and the answer, from our Office on Minority Health was " I would never force people to eat that way. " I mean, I practically told 'em I'd pay for a plant-centered catered event at next year's conference, and that was the response. So, for me there was another kind of disparity in addition to the ethnic one: The disparity of the power of nutrition in health (huge), and the application by policy makers of that information (tiny). Hmmm...I'll look for the transcript on the Democracy Now show...and I'll be interested in what others have to say. On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 Namaska7 wrote: > Several Days ago Elaine posted a transcript from Democracy Now > discussing a new drug for heart disease that is designed for blacks. I > have seen no dialogue about this did everybody miss it? Lynda > -- -- Marjorie Roswell 3443 Guilford Terrace Baltimore, MD 21218 mroswell 410-467-3727 RawFoodWiki.org 50BushFlipFlops.org BaltimoreVillage.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I didn't find the posting... here's the URL for anyone who may be interested.... I'm just starting to listen now... (if my darned audio would only work....) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 Namaska7 wrote: > Several Days ago Elaine posted a transcript from Democracy Now discussing a new drug for heart disease that is designed for blacks. I have seen no dialogue about this did everybody miss it? > Lynda > -- -- Marjorie Roswell 3443 Guilford Terrace Baltimore, MD 21218 mroswell 410-467-3727 RawFoodWiki.org 50BushFlipFlops.org BaltimoreVillage.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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