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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4438720" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>I found this gem in my research:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/hypertension-what-oprah-doesnt-know" target="_blank">Hypertension: What Oprah Doesn't Know</a></strong></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Originally published May 17, 2007</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></em></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">When Oprah Winfrey talks, people listen - about 8 million every day. Which is why a recent Ask Dr. Oz segment on "Oprah" is so troubling. An audience member asked: "Why do I sweat so much?" After explaining that excessive sweating can result from a thyroid condition, body toxins or hypertension, Dr. Mehmet Oz turned to Winfrey to ask: "Do you know why African Americans have high blood pressure?"</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Winfrey replied studiously: "African Americans who survived [the slave trade's Middle Passage] were those who could hold more salt in their body." To which Dr. Oz rejoiced: "That's perfect!"</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Far from it. Though well-intentioned, Winfrey's answer last month effectively lent her credibility, star power and billion-dollar brand to a dubious theory known as the "slavery hypothesis."</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">This speculates that the disproportionately high hypertension rate among African Americans today is an evolutionary byproduct of the slave trade. Proponents argue that slaves who survived the food and water deprivation, dysentery and vomiting endemic on this grueling voyage had a genetic predisposition to retaining sodium.</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4438720, member: 18222"] I found this gem in my research: [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/hypertension-what-oprah-doesnt-know']Hypertension: What Oprah Doesn't Know[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Originally published May 17, 2007[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [B][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]When Oprah Winfrey talks, people listen - about 8 million every day. Which is why a recent Ask Dr. Oz segment on "Oprah" is so troubling. An audience member asked: "Why do I sweat so much?" After explaining that excessive sweating can result from a thyroid condition, body toxins or hypertension, Dr. Mehmet Oz turned to Winfrey to ask: "Do you know why African Americans have high blood pressure?" Winfrey replied studiously: "African Americans who survived [the slave trade's Middle Passage] were those who could hold more salt in their body." To which Dr. Oz rejoiced: "That's perfect!" Far from it. Though well-intentioned, Winfrey's answer last month effectively lent her credibility, star power and billion-dollar brand to a dubious theory known as the "slavery hypothesis." This speculates that the disproportionately high hypertension rate among African Americans today is an evolutionary byproduct of the slave trade. Proponents argue that slaves who survived the food and water deprivation, dysentery and vomiting endemic on this grueling voyage had a genetic predisposition to retaining sodium.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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