NaturalPedia > Black Men

Quotes about Black Men from the world's top natural health / natural living authors

Share

Tweet

Email to a friend   |  Click here for FREE email alerts

page 1 of 2 | Next ->

"Epidemiologists, who specialize in unlocking the mystery of where, why, and in whom disease occurs, have found that the risk of prostate cancer for black men in America climbs from south to north. When it comes to prostate cancer in black men, the risk is considerably lower in sunny Florida. But as you move north, the rate of prostate cancer in black men climbs until it peaks in the often cloud-covered heights of the Northeast. There is a growing belief among some researchers that a lack of vitamin D may also be one of the reasons we get sick more often in the winter than in the summer months." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Then after 1991, death rates for white and black men began to drop sharply. The ACS says mortality rates (in 1998-99) were the lowest since 1950 in white men, and the lowest since 1969 (when those rates were first recorded) in black men. [ACS March 31, 2003] Since there is no effective treatment that prolongs life, just how could the American Cancer Society have come to the conclusion that the PSA test prolongs survival? Experts agree there has been no significant drop in prostate cancer mortality rates for decades." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Further support of the role of vitamin D insufficiency in cancer development relates to the finding that in addition to their well-documented low 25(OH) D levels as a group, black men in the United States have a 40% higher rate for total cancer mortality, whereas black women have a 20% higher mortality rate compared to their white counterparts [79]. Giovannucci et al." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"A recent study of disease-free, black, white, and Asian men found that levels of total and free testosterone were lowest in the black men, intermediate in the white men, and highest in the Asians.3 This is in stark contradiction to the known risk levels of high, medium, and low (respectively) for prostate cancer in these groups. Coincidentally, the ratio of DHT to testosterone in these groups was highest in black men, intermediate in white men, and lowest in the Asians, which is more in line with each groups known risk level." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"When it comes to prostate cancer in black men, the risk is considerably lower in sunny Florida. But as you move north, the rate of prostate cancer in black men climbs until it peaks in the often cloud-covered heights of the Northeast. There is a growing belief among some researchers that a lack of vitamin D may also be one of the reasons we get sick more often in the winter than in the summer months. The combination of excess cholesterol and lack of exposure to sufficient sunlight may well be part of the reason that African Americans have such a high rate of heart disease." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Historically, black men lived in tropical areas where considerable sun exposure was inevitable. Their skin pigmentation protected them from excessive exposure. On migrating to northern areas, this built-in genetic protection becomes a liability. Due to the limited strength and duration of sunlight in northern climates, particularly in the winter months, black men (and woman) are unable to produce the minimum amount of vitamin D needed by their bodies. Fair-skinned people living in northern climates have similar deficiencies, albeit to a lesser degree." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"The risk of heart failure is 40% greater in black men than white men and 100% higher in black women than white women. 8. The lower the level of vitamin D, the greater is the risk of arterial calcification. 9. Vitamin D prevents arterial inflammation. 10. Survival rates for CVD patients in sunny rooms are 25% better than for patients in dark rooms. 11. Higher levels of vitamin D correlate to reduced peripheral artery disease (PAD)." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"If all adults behind bars were counted, they argue, the unemployment rate would be about one percentage point higher, and the rate for black men would shoot up to almost 20 percent. The United States does have a government program for the unemployed, they quip—it's called prison. But one doesn't have to sit left of center to notice the fraud onstage. Just look at the figures for one month from when Thomas was laboring at his magnum opus: In July 2004 the official unemployment rate in the United States was 5.5 percent, exactly as he claims. But wait." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"Monsanto, aware of this information, continued to proclaim the safety of PCBs, even though their own factory workers (mostly black men) were being poisoned. In 1949 an explosion occurred at a Monsanto plant in West Virginia, and many workers eventually died from the PCB toxic fumes. It is a matter of public record, as published in the New England Journal of Medicine, that Monsanto tried to cover up the toxicity of PCBs. They placed names of some of the workers who died after PCB exposure in the non-exposed group of their study, seeking to make the two groups appear similar in death rate." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"More black men got lung cancer, though they tended to smoke less. Many cancer victims were women who hadn't smoked. Were the ovens a factor? That was what Steelworkers Union chief epidemiologist William Lloyd and many others wanted to find out. As far as I can tell, Doll never published directly on Redmond's studies. But a letter found in the archives of Robert Kehoe, the head of the industry-funded Kettering labs at the University of Cincinnati, makes it clear that Doll tracked this matter closely for many years." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"There remains the debate as to whether vitamin D status should be improved by diet or sun exposure. In a study of persons with a diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer, for whom sun exposure was the likely cause of this cancer, there were lower rates of second cancers (colon, gastric, and rectal cancers) [80]. Thus, there must be better understanding of the role of vitamin D, which for many people is through sun exposure. Although sun exposure increases the risk of developing skin cancer [51], it has the potential to reduce the risk of developing more severe forms of cancer [80]. 2." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Additional risk for black men and bald men may be related to higher levels of the male hormone androgen. What are the symptoms? • frequent, difficult, or painful urination • dribbling • blood in the urine • painful ejaculation • hip or back pain Protect your prostate with a potent diet If you are one of those men who typically gets most of his calories from fat, sugar, and beer, your prostate may be in grave danger. Unless you change your diet, you may put yourself at risk for prostate cancer. "The bottom line," says Dr." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Lyle RM, Melby CL, Hyner GC et al: Blood pressure and metabolic effects of calcium supplementation on normotensive white and black men. JAMA; 257(13): 1772-1776. 1987 Malberti F, Surian M, Poggio F et al: Efficacy and safety of long-term treatment with calcium carbonate as a phosphate binder. Am J Kidney Dis; 12(6):487-491. 1988 McKane WR, Khosla S, Egan KS et al: Role of calcium intake in modulating age-related increases in parathyroid function and bone resorption. J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 81(5):1699-1703." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Cancer Biotherapy Radiopharm 20:467-78, 2005] There is more to learn. black men develop lung cancer at a higher rate than do Caucasian men. The reason for this is obvious, but for some reason escapes the attention of cancer doctors. Dark-skinned people have low levels of vitamin D due to melanin in their skin, and that's why they require far more sunshine to produce the same amount of vitamin D as do Caucasians. There is yet another intriguing link to lung cancer." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Analysis of the National Cancer Institute's Black/White Cancer Survival Study found that black men and women with colorectal cancer had a 50% greater probability of dying of colon cancer than did white men and women. These differences in survival rates are likely related to diminished vitamin D synthesis in the skin of dark-skinned people. The best diet only provides a few hundred units of vitamin D, even when fortified milk is consumed." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "The ACS says mortality rates (in 1998-99) were the lowest since 1950 in white men, and the lowest since 1969 (when those rates were first recorded) in black men. [ACS March 31, 2003] Since there is no effective treatment that prolongs life, just how could the American Cancer Society have come to the conclusion that the PSA test prolongs survival? Experts agree there has been no significant drop in prostate cancer mortality rates for decades." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Black men who sought work in the well-paying steel industry were offered only the dirtiest, most dangerous posts. They could not be machinists, carpenters, chemists or electricians; those jobs were reserved for men of British, Scottish or other European ancestry.40 They could work atop or next to the coke ovens, where searing heat and fumes regularly burned holes through their boots. They could haul steaming molten trash from the blast furnaces and ovens. By the time Redmond started her work, the pension funds of the coke oven workers were quite rich. They still are." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"However, the association of increasing dietary potassium intake and decreasing stroke mortality only occurred in black men and hypertensive (page 246) men in one study.5 Others have found an association between increased risk of stroke and the combination of low dietary potassium plus high salt intake.6 Increasing dietary potassium has lowered blood pressure in humans, which by itself should reduce the risk of stroke.7 However, some of the protective effect of potassium appears to extend beyond its ability to lower blood pressure (page 246)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Due to the limited strength and duration of sunlight in northern climates, particularly in the winter months, black men (and woman) are unable to produce the minimum amount of vitamin D needed by their bodies. Fair-skinned people living in northern climates have similar deficiencies, albeit to a lesser degree. A recent study of overall sun exposure versus skin pigmentation concluded that susceptibility to prostate cancer is in part determined by the extent of exposure to the sun, and that skin pigmentation (or the ability for the skin to tan) mediated the sun's overall effect." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"At first only local white men and women were hired for the plants, along with a few black men. Segregated facilities were maintained, including separate day care and school programs for the workers' children. When production needs grew, black women were allowed into the workforce. A half century later, Phil recalled the patients he would see at the arsenal. "We had a hospital on the grounds to take care of all casualties—black or white—that would arise from routine army work, including that at the nearby arsenal. Most of the patients I saw in the dispensary came from the chemical plant." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"But as you move north, the rate of prostate cancer in black men climbs until it peaks in the often cloud-covered heights of the Northeast. There is a growing belief among some researchers that a lack of vitamin D may also be one of the reasons we get sick more often in the winter than in the summer months. The combination of excess cholesterol and lack of exposure to sufficient sunlight may well be part of the reason that African Americans have such a high rate of heart disease." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"She could only have relationships with black men. Later, any man resonated with the early stepfather. She switched to sex with women. It seemed much safer to her." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

"Although part of the discrepancy may be due to more smoking among black men, it is probable that a significant part is due to vitamin D deficiency. Low sun exposure and low vitamin D levels correlate to increased inflammation, higher cholesterol and hypertension, all risk factors for heart disease. Heart failure is also much more common among blacks—not surprising since we know the efficacy of vitamin D in preventing heart failure. Now let's discuss what is perhaps the most important study for African Americans." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.) "Black men had an average level of 20.9 ng/ml. 9. People over 60 years old had lower levels than younger people (18-59). The only group that averaged slightly above the minimum recommended by Dr. Hollis was white men. And considering that these figures are averages, it is likely that just slightly less than half of white men are also insufficient. Vitamin D deficiency is a pandemic, but one that could be resolved by a change in national health policies regarding sunlight exposure. The NHANES III assessment, of course, is based on a minimum vitamin D level that is already too low." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.) "Gary Schwartz and colleagues observed that prostate cancer was more common among older men, black men and men who lived in northern latitudes. They saw that vitamin D deficiency closely paralleled the incidence of prostate cancer in these groups and suggested that the deficiency could increase the risk of prostate cancer.12 Since then it has become obvious that vitamin D has a protective effect against prostate cancer, although one study indicated that high vitamin D levels might have a deleterious effect." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"Coincidentally, the ratio of DHT to testosterone in these groups was highest in black men, intermediate in white men, and lowest in the Asians, which is more in line with each groups known risk level. • You may have heard that excess DHT causes hair loss (balding) in men. You may have also heard that excess DHT may cause BPH or fuel prostate cancer cell growth. These statements all appear to be supported by the research. Development of Prostate Problems Excess DHT appears to stimulate abnormal tissue proliferation in the prostate." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"American black men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world. Being older than 55, regardless of race, is also a risk factor for the disease. This suggests a common rate of prostate cancer initiation between blacks and whites but differences in tumor promotion. American black men have higher PSA levels (owing to a larger tumor volume), higher prostate cancer rates, more severe disease at the time of diagnosis, and higher mortality rates than Chinese and Japanese men, who have a 30-fold lower prostate cancer rate." - Robert Hass, M.S., Permanent Remissions (Get the book.) "Numerous studies have shown that the occurrence of insulin resistance in black men is related to where they tended to store body fat rather than if they were obese. Researchers have found that it is the proportion of fat stored in the abdominal area that determines diabetes risk and severity—the so-called apple body type. Studies with black men have shown that blood sugar levels and diabetes risk seem to be unrelated to the amount of total muscle tissue or total body fat. American blacks suffer diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness, earlier than do other minority groups." - Robert Hass, M.S., Permanent Remissions (Get the book.)

"In that year the drafters of the Constitution, in their wisdom, had recognized the contradiction between white men who had just wrested their freedom from the tyrannical British monarchy and the black men who were chattels. Nearly all the politicians of the federal period owned slaves, some of them a great many; a few had black or mulatto mistresses. In public they deplored slavery; in private they were slave owners. In practice, what could be done about the social problem presented by the black man?" - Henry Hobhouse, Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind (Get the book.)

page 1 of 2 | Next ->

FAIR USE NOTICE: The research quoted here is provided under the protection of Fair Use provisions and published by the 501(c)3 non-profit Consumer Wellness Center for the purposes of public comment and education. Authors / publishers may submit books for consideration of inclusion here.

TERMS OF USE: Read full terms of use. Citations of text from NaturalPedia must include: 1) Full credit to the original author and book title. 2) Secondary credit to the Natural News Naturalpedia as a research resource and a link to www.NaturalPedia.com

This unique compilation of research is copyright (c) 2008, 2009 by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center.

ABOUT THE CREATOR OF NATURALPEDIA: Mike Adams, the creator of NaturalPedia, is the editor of NaturalNews.com, the internet's top natural health news site, creator of the Honest Food Guide (www.HonestFoodGuide.org), a free downloadable consumer food guide based on natural health principles, author of Grocery Warning, The 7 Laws of Nutrition, Natural Health Solutions, and many other books available at www.TruthPublishing.com, creator of the earth-friendly EcoLEDs company (www.EcoLEDs.com) that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting products, founder of Arial Software (www.ArialSoftware.com), a permission e-mail technology company, creator of the CounterThink Cartoon series (www.NaturalNews.com/index-cartoons.html) and author of over 1,500 articles, interviews, special reports and reference guides available at www.NaturalNews.com. Adams' personal philosophy and health statistics are available at www.HealthRanger.org.