Quote: (12-15-2011 09:01 PM)kosko Wrote:
I hear you. I wonder if genetics have a play in it as well. I avoid animal fats because I think its a suicide food for black people. Its lead to health problems for African-Americans and Immigrants for many meany years now... its not part of our traditional diet at all. On the flip side many cultures traditionally used butter, the french and South Asians with their clarified version, all have great seen great benefits from them.
Americans traditionally consumed butter as their base fat also until the petrol-industry pawned of Margarine as food on us.
I almost guarantee it. I've talked to a handful of Latinos that have tried Atkins and almost all talked about how they felt terrible, even beyond the first week and didn't see much of a change, where day 1 I feel like a million bucks and I drop weight like crazy.
For many generations back their ancestors would've eaten a lot of fruits, legumes, and grains (rice) so carbs would be very prominent in their historical diet. My people come from Northern Europe where main staples are fish and very rich dark animal meat like reindeer
I'd imagine black people would have a hell of a time nailing this aspect down though, since most wouldn't be able to pinpoint the exact area of the continent their ancestors came from because records like that weren't really kept. I'm sure, depending on which area you were in the general food staples would change. Now add in the possibility of nomadic ancestors and yeah, you'd never know. Though I've personally known more then a few black guys who've made Atkins work very well for themselves.