WHY BLACK FOLK HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Dr. Oz and Oprah

OK, I'M GUILTY!!! I watched some Oprah today, and Dr. Oz was on promotin his home remedies like a peroxide blond on QVC. Let me tell you how I'm gettin a Nettie Pot for my allergies...AINT NOTHIN LIKE A FIERCE IRRIGATION!

OK, back to the question at hand. According to Oprah and Dr. Oz, high blood pressure in the Black community is related to a "survival of the fittest" gene possessed by Africans who survived the Atlantic Slave Trade:

"Do you know why African-Americans have high blood pressure?" Dr. Oz asks Oprah.

"The reason why African-Americans have higher blood pressure, Dr. Oz, is because during the Middle Passage [when Africans were taken as slaves to America], the African-Americans who survived were those who could hold more salt into their body," Oprah says. "And those who didn't survive were the ones who couldn't hold more salt into their body." Dr. Oz Speaks About High Blood Pressure


And here I thought it was because of all dem collard greens seeped in lard and turkey necks, chitlins with a side of buttery cornbread, and the copious amounts of fried EVERYTHING!

DAMN, BLACK FOLK ARE TRULY SURVIVORS!