I don't know where else to ask this as there is no way to contact the org on your website but I would like to request that Dr. greger cover the recent findings of high levels of cadmium in flax seeds and if he recommends stopping their consumption or not. Thank you.
I started growing up in the south. I used to spend a few weeks every summer with my aunt Eloise and uncle Millard. Millard had a big garden. A meal I never forgot: corn, okra, and tomatoes cooked all together, with yellow squash, black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread. Peaches for dessert. Beans, greens and cornbread every day. Lots of ripe tomatoes. Corn on the cob. That was a great life.
Yum sounds delicious! I grew up in Texas, mostly, and a classic Texas meal, that I would serve would be sliced tomatoes, fried okra, green onions, cornbread, black-eyed peas, maybe some spinach or collard greens And a big pot of pinto beans is always good to have on hand
I'm a black vegan and I eat all of the healthiest, whole food, plant-based "soul foods" every day: rice and beans, sweet potatoes, greens, beets, cornbread, etc. I cook with minimal sugar and oils, and virtually no salt! My BP is 110/65 and my rhr is 55-60. I am so grateful to have found Dr. Greger and all of his data-based videos. 😊
I am African-American, born and raised in the south, and only recently went plant based. I appreciate this video discussing this important topic! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Visited New Orleans coming from the Midwest. The vegan soul food made me never want to leave. And all of the restaurants were highly active in their surrounding communities. It was inspiring to see
Dr. Greger is truly committed to closing the racial gap in life expectancy. I hold every doctor I visit now to his standard. If they aren't overtly committed to demolishing racial health disparities in their disease area, I'm looking for the exit. Medical history hasn't been friendly to historically disadvantaged nonimmigrant black American families. God bless Dr Greger for inspiring change, for stimulating ambitions, for giving us substantive evidence we can use and implement to help our families.❤
❤ I love the previous words in that 1853 article as well, something like of course plant-based people are enthusiastic about the truth, they're healthy so their minds work well
It is a matter of returning to your roots. When you look at the traditional African diet it is primarily whole grains, roots, legumes (beans & lentils), vegetables, and fruit. Traditionally, meat and eggs were only consumed during special occasions like weddings, holidays, and to honor special visitors. I was fortunate to work in Ethiopia for several years in my younger days. The Ethiopian people primarily ate chickpeas, lentils, and vegetables with injera their whole grain flat bread. At that time eating a desert was frowned upon - something Western people consumed. Their diet is considered very healthy. We need to rediscover our "true" roots.
I keep telling people about soul food where I get argued with. Some guy on another video where they made a comedy skit about how bad soul food was to people. Some guy in the comments was angry said it was our food. I said, it's not our food. Our food is African food. Soul fod is slavery trash. All those chitterlings, pig testicles, which they call rocky mountain oysters, ham hocks, pig feet, ears, tails etc was trash the master didn't want. It's soul food alright. It will take your soul, because it kills.
I have some southern roots ( Alabama …further back the Carolinas) though I was born /grew up in the south west we always had beans, cornbread, and collard greens. The collard greens were cooked usually with ham hocks so that the fat would permeate the greens and my family would put vinegar on our greens. It was very tasty. I would like to recreate the dishes without the high salt and without animal fat or additional processed oils. I’ll keep experimenting and getting recipe ideas from others. ❤
Try adding smoked paprika. It burns at high temps in the oven but long moist cooking won't harm it. It's been a game-changer for me to add the idea of bacon without all the badness. I also use a little salt substitute (potassium chloride) but once I add the vinegar I don't miss the salt. Honestly most days I throw them in the pressure cooker with half a chopped onion and a sliced giant clove of garlic and 3/4c water. Instant Pot steam 0 minutes, quick release. They sweeten right up and I eat them plain. Check out Dr. Esselstyn for his daily greens recommendations for heart health. Hope you find a version that you love.
So, I've been trying my hand at cooking lately and losing weight by excluding processed oil, sugar & salt. A couple of things that seems to help replace processed oil is the combination of chunks of walnut (not pulverized, just crushed into smaller pieces) and ground flax seed (which also acts as a thickener. I'll add these two after any high heat cooking is over at the end to my whole grain base, whatever that might be. If you get the amounts right, you can be left with a good consistency and you don't miss the added oil nearly as much. I know people use avocado pieces for the same reason after cooking is over, again, not pulverized or turned into pure oil, but pieces. And you can, forgive the pun, go ham with the spices.
4:44 I don't agree with Muhammad that "soul food celebrated the fact that slave holders denied slaves access to quality foods." I think it was about highlighting the resilience of Black folk to make a way forward where no clear path existed. That resiliency and strength was what was being celebrated in the veneration of soul food. But it's time to stop operating in emergency mode. The Black body has been forced to operate in fight or flight for too long. To build ourselves up we need good health built on good nutrition.
Great video! In addition, veganism really, truly is "justice and equality" for all. There cannot be justice and equality for all as long as animals end up on our dinner plates. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Yes! And, if you go back to our beginnings, a few thousand years ago, and read what the original diet for mankind and animals was in Genesis, chapter 1, verse 29, you'll see the superior diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains!
It's not that veganism and anti-slavery come hand by hand. They both are the same hand.:nonhuman animals don't belong to human animals. Using them as resources for food, clothing and entertainment is an ethical abomination. Veganism, or animal exploitation. There's no third choice. Vegetarianism is still animal exploitation. Thank you 🍀🙏🏻🌺
One of our favorite vegan restaurants here was started by Makini Howell, who comes from a family of Black vegan restaurant owners and was raised vegan. She has been instrumental in spreading the message that veganism is a very natural outgrowth of traditional African diets. Hope this movement spreads like wildfire!
I celebrate this movement. Now where to find these hidden Black owned vegan restaurants and eateries that serves healthy soul food, that would be great. They are all far and few but a great start none the less.
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I would strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with the work of The Black Nutritionist. I'm not saying there's no validity to what you've said here, and what's going on with black veganism certainly is very exciting. But talking about the nutritional habits of the AA community is often a way of placing the blame on vulnerable people. The most pressing problems are food deserts and lack of access to quality care. Additionally, the very real racism of many healthcare providers is a significant deterrent.
Your suggestion sounds like it will make a mockery of an important topic. The great doctor have narrated many healthy eating videos that did not require gimmicks or tropes.
So hilarious. Nothing compells me to keto carnivore diet as much as "nutritionfacts". "Listen to those who seek the truth, run from those who claim to have found it", sure, but I'm sticking around for the comedy.
Black eye peas need a bit of seasoning help to catch up with the flavor of other pulses, but try it in the bean salad "Texas caviar", a mix of black eye peas, black beans, tomatoes, sweet peppers, red onions, jalepeno, and cilantro, with a dressing that can be pretty light if you choose. Collard greens can work anywhere where mustard greens or kale can. I like them washed, chopped, and sauteed, with a tahini/lemon juice garlic sauce. And okra is always going to be a bit slimy, but use this to your advantage in a creole stew where the mucilage distributes through and adds mouthfeel without fats. Can't have gumbo without kingumbo ('okra' in the Bantu languages of West Africa).
@@MrDarrylR I found an Indian recipe for okra-dry cook in a frying pan with spices, or minimal oil if you choose. The slime cooks and turns crispy. Takes a little time but it's outstanding.
You simply haven't found the right recipe, Donald. Collard greens: boil you some water with a few bay leaves, coarse black pepper and a couple of minced hot red chiles. Toss in a smoked ham hock or salt pork. Simmer an hour. Fish out the meat, cool and separate the meat then toss the fat or render it to flavor another dish. Chop your greens into ~ 1" x 3" pieces and keep cramming them under the pot's lid; they'll steam and settle down to make room for more. Cover and simmer low for an hour, minimum, adding water as necessary. You should have enough pot liquor to sip from the empty serving bowl when done right. I often add some rosemary leaves to it and some apple cider vinegar. Salt to taste. Okra! :^) I look forward to the okra found at the weekly food market every summer when we visit Çeşme, Türkiye. I make bamya. www.giverecipe.com/okra-with-tomatoes/ The pods are maximum two inches long and the stem cap is carefully peeled so that the pod isn't punctured. A hole means slime. The process is fondly reminiscent of stringing pole beans. Small or medium frozen okra can be used when okra aren't in season. American okra larger than three inches isn't fit for eating. Here is a video explaining some of the nicer points about the dish. I've never found it necessary to add meat like in the video. ua-cam.com/video/C0aeWKQyEjg/v-deo.html
For more on this topic, check out the work of Dr. Eric Walsh and Dr. Columbus Batiste at The Slave Food Project (www.slavefood.org/).
I don't know where else to ask this as there is no way to contact the org on your website but I would like to request that Dr. greger cover the recent findings of high levels of cadmium in flax seeds and if he recommends stopping their consumption or not. Thank you.
And hey, while we're at it I'd also love Dr. Greger to cover gallbladder health.
I started growing up in the south. I used to spend a few weeks every summer with my aunt Eloise and uncle Millard. Millard had a big garden. A meal I never forgot: corn, okra, and tomatoes cooked all together, with yellow squash, black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread. Peaches for dessert. Beans, greens and cornbread every day. Lots of ripe tomatoes. Corn on the cob. That was a great life.
Yuuuuuuum. What great memories. ❤
That is awesome memory.
Yum sounds delicious! I grew up in Texas, mostly, and a classic Texas meal, that I would serve would be sliced tomatoes, fried okra, green onions, cornbread, black-eyed peas, maybe some spinach or collard greens
And a big pot of pinto beans is always good to have on hand
I don’t fry okra these days, but I put whole okra in the toaster oven set to air-fry. It’s chewy, but good.
Goodness, that sounds absolutely delicious.
I'm a black vegan and I eat all of the healthiest, whole food, plant-based "soul foods" every day: rice and beans, sweet potatoes, greens, beets, cornbread, etc. I cook with minimal sugar and oils, and virtually no salt! My BP is 110/65 and my rhr is 55-60. I am so grateful to have found Dr. Greger and all of his data-based videos. 😊
I am African-American, born and raised in the south, and only recently went plant based. I appreciate this video discussing this important topic! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Lucky timing then, I guess.
Visited New Orleans coming from the Midwest. The vegan soul food made me never want to leave. And all of the restaurants were highly active in their surrounding communities. It was inspiring to see
Dr. Greger is truly committed to closing the racial gap in life expectancy. I hold every doctor I visit now to his standard. If they aren't overtly committed to demolishing racial health disparities in their disease area, I'm looking for the exit.
Medical history hasn't been friendly to historically disadvantaged nonimmigrant black American families. God bless Dr Greger for inspiring change, for stimulating ambitions, for giving us substantive evidence we can use and implement to help our families.❤
❤ I love the previous words in that 1853 article as well, something like of course plant-based people are enthusiastic about the truth, they're healthy so their minds work well
It is a matter of returning to your roots. When you look at the traditional African diet it is primarily whole grains, roots, legumes (beans & lentils), vegetables, and fruit. Traditionally, meat and eggs were only consumed during special occasions like weddings, holidays, and to honor special visitors. I was fortunate to work in Ethiopia for several years in my younger days. The Ethiopian people primarily ate chickpeas, lentils, and vegetables with injera their whole grain flat bread. At that time eating a desert was frowned upon - something Western people consumed. Their diet is considered very healthy. We need to rediscover our "true" roots.
I keep telling people about soul food where I get argued with. Some guy on another video where they made a comedy skit about how bad soul food was to people. Some guy in the comments was angry said it was our food. I said, it's not our food. Our food is African food. Soul fod is slavery trash. All those chitterlings, pig testicles, which they call rocky mountain oysters, ham hocks, pig feet, ears, tails etc was trash the master didn't want. It's soul food alright. It will take your soul, because it kills.
" It will take your soul, because it kills." I wanted to include that point in a reply, too, but you nailed it. :^)
However bad the food is, it doesn't affect your soul 🙏
I have some southern roots ( Alabama …further back the Carolinas) though I was born /grew up in the south west we always had beans, cornbread, and collard greens. The collard greens were cooked usually with ham hocks so that the fat would permeate the greens and my family would put vinegar on our greens. It was very tasty. I would like to recreate the dishes without the high salt and without animal fat or additional processed oils. I’ll keep experimenting and getting recipe ideas from others. ❤
Try adding smoked paprika. It burns at high temps in the oven but long moist cooking won't harm it. It's been a game-changer for me to add the idea of bacon without all the badness. I also use a little salt substitute (potassium chloride) but once I add the vinegar I don't miss the salt.
Honestly most days I throw them in the pressure cooker with half a chopped onion and a sliced giant clove of garlic and 3/4c water. Instant Pot steam 0 minutes, quick release. They sweeten right up and I eat them plain.
Check out Dr. Esselstyn for his daily greens recommendations for heart health.
Hope you find a version that you love.
So, I've been trying my hand at cooking lately and losing weight by excluding processed oil, sugar & salt. A couple of things that seems to help replace processed oil is the combination of chunks of walnut (not pulverized, just crushed into smaller pieces) and ground flax seed (which also acts as a thickener. I'll add these two after any high heat cooking is over at the end to my whole grain base, whatever that might be. If you get the amounts right, you can be left with a good consistency and you don't miss the added oil nearly as much. I know people use avocado pieces for the same reason after cooking is over, again, not pulverized or turned into pure oil, but pieces. And you can, forgive the pun, go ham with the spices.
My father used the vinegar from dulcito peppers on his greens.
@@dianeladico1769 Wow, these are some really great ideas. Thank you 😃
@@robeson1070 lol 😊Thanks for the suggestions.
4:44 I don't agree with Muhammad that "soul food celebrated the fact that slave holders denied slaves access to quality foods." I think it was about highlighting the resilience of Black folk to make a way forward where no clear path existed. That resiliency and strength was what was being celebrated in the veneration of soul food. But it's time to stop operating in emergency mode. The Black body has been forced to operate in fight or flight for too long. To build ourselves up we need good health built on good nutrition.
Great video! In addition, veganism really, truly is "justice and equality" for all. There cannot be justice and equality for all as long as animals end up on our dinner plates.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
I love this channel!
Hooray for The Plant Pushers
Dr Greger leads the charge!!
So nice to hear on the progress being made :)
Yes! And, if you go back to our beginnings, a few thousand years ago, and read what the original diet for mankind and animals was in Genesis, chapter 1, verse 29, you'll see the superior diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains!
It's not that veganism and anti-slavery come hand by hand. They both are the same hand.:nonhuman animals don't belong to human animals. Using them as resources for food, clothing and entertainment is an ethical abomination. Veganism, or animal exploitation. There's no third choice. Vegetarianism is still animal exploitation. Thank you 🍀🙏🏻🌺
Facts!
Thank you for your awesome work!
One of our favorite vegan restaurants here was started by Makini Howell, who comes from a family of Black vegan restaurant owners and was raised vegan. She has been instrumental in spreading the message that veganism is a very natural outgrowth of traditional African diets. Hope this movement spreads like wildfire!
Great video Dr G.
Thank you Dr Greger and team. Thank you
I celebrate this movement. Now where to find these hidden Black owned vegan restaurants and eateries that serves healthy soul food, that would be great. They are all far and few but a great start none the less.
Amazing! ❤
Thank you very much
Subtítulos en español, por favor.
You can auto generate them
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Great video
I would strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with the work of The Black Nutritionist. I'm not saying there's no validity to what you've said here, and what's going on with black veganism certainly is very exciting. But talking about the nutritional habits of the AA community is often a way of placing the blame on vulnerable people. The most pressing problems are food deserts and lack of access to quality care. Additionally, the very real racism of many healthcare providers is a significant deterrent.
70 yo vegan chef Babette Davis has a vegan soulfood resto at Inglewood, California that might be worth a visit
*This video had a different flavor* ;)
Yes!
3:50 and modern nutritional study
Amazing
PREACH
narrate this with a black woman’s voice to make it go viral doc
Your suggestion sounds like it will make a mockery of an important topic. The great doctor have narrated many healthy eating videos that did not require gimmicks or tropes.
Yay for vegan soul food restaurants!
According to the African food pyramid, the base diet was... People!
Yes Africans were the main course of Jeffery Dahmer!
@@fitawrarifitness6842 Soylent Green!
@@Smart_Brotha that's not what the food pyramid on the screen said.
@@mattdonalds9996 It means exercise/physical movement and social life/community
@@medusa4944 it's a food pyramid.
The base is people.
So hilarious. Nothing compells me to keto carnivore diet as much as "nutritionfacts".
"Listen to those who seek the truth, run from those who claim to have found it", sure, but I'm sticking around for the comedy.
KOOKA BUGZ
Social justice dietang?
Yes they go hand in hand.
@@fitawrarifitness6842
How so?
Black eyed peas, collard greens, and okra are the only vegetables I refuse to eat. Yuk.
You don't know what you're missing😂
Black eye peas need a bit of seasoning help to catch up with the flavor of other pulses, but try it in the bean salad "Texas caviar", a mix of black eye peas, black beans, tomatoes, sweet peppers, red onions, jalepeno, and cilantro, with a dressing that can be pretty light if you choose.
Collard greens can work anywhere where mustard greens or kale can. I like them washed, chopped, and sauteed, with a tahini/lemon juice garlic sauce.
And okra is always going to be a bit slimy, but use this to your advantage in a creole stew where the mucilage distributes through and adds mouthfeel without fats. Can't have gumbo without kingumbo ('okra' in the Bantu languages of West Africa).
Black beans, kale, zucchini.
@@MrDarrylR I found an Indian recipe for okra-dry cook in a frying pan with spices, or minimal oil if you choose. The slime cooks and turns crispy. Takes a little time but it's outstanding.
You simply haven't found the right recipe, Donald.
Collard greens: boil you some water with a few bay leaves, coarse black pepper and a couple of minced hot red chiles. Toss in a smoked ham hock or salt pork. Simmer an hour. Fish out the meat, cool and separate the meat then toss the fat or render it to flavor another dish.
Chop your greens into ~ 1" x 3" pieces and keep cramming them under the pot's lid; they'll steam and settle down to make room for more. Cover and simmer low for an hour, minimum, adding water as necessary. You should have enough pot liquor to sip from the empty serving bowl when done right.
I often add some rosemary leaves to it and some apple cider vinegar. Salt to taste.
Okra! :^) I look forward to the okra found at the weekly food market every summer when we visit Çeşme, Türkiye. I make bamya. www.giverecipe.com/okra-with-tomatoes/ The pods are maximum two inches long and the stem cap is carefully peeled so that the pod isn't punctured. A hole means slime. The process is fondly reminiscent of stringing pole beans. Small or medium frozen okra can be used when okra aren't in season. American okra larger than three inches isn't fit for eating.
Here is a video explaining some of the nicer points about the dish. I've never found it necessary to add meat like in the video. ua-cam.com/video/C0aeWKQyEjg/v-deo.html
Love Never Fails 1 Corinthians 13:4-8...🫠