Want To Know Which Healthy Foods To Stock In Your Kitchen At All Times? My free Bare Essentials e-book is the ULTIMATE grocery list for healthy eating success. In the e-book you’ll learn how to stock your kitchen which removes the confusion about what’s actually healthy! The e-book also contains healthy delicious recipes so that you can put those ingredients into action and give your body the nutrients that it needs. Welcome to the Mind Your Body Show this is culinary nutritionist and Mind Body Coach Trudy Stone and I’m so grateful for you tuning into today. Today’s episode is a bit different from my other episodes but it’s something that as a Black woman I’m feeling called to speak about. At the time of this recording, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and Canada are climbing again, and data show that Black and Latin Americans are contracting and dying at higher rates than white Americans. There is a heightened COVID risk for Black Americans AND Black Canadians – so my fellow Black Canadians don’t think you’re exempt here. The numbers are showing a disturbing trend with African American’s being infected and dying from the virus Here’s a look at what we’ll discuss in this episode:

• [2:37] The numbers are showing a disturbing trend with African Americans being infected and dying from this virus.
• [2:50] As of mid-August, black people and other people of color makeup 83% of reported COVID-19 cases in Toronto. 21% affect black people, who only make up 9% of the city’s overall population.
• [7:14] This is a wake up call for the black community.
• [7:56] I really started to examine my lifestyle and what I was doing. I realized that my values were inconsistent with how I was actually living.
• [8:11] It all comes down to personal responsibility.
• [8:24] You can’t get fat or obese and then blame the system, or say it’s because of systemic racism.
• [9:40] It’s not a cure, but you should get more Vitamin D. Most blacks are low in vitamin D. It helps with immune health and respiratory health.
• [14:47] Many are suffering in silence and isolation.
• [14:58] During this difficult time, affording the cost of mental health services can be a barrier in the African American community.
• [15:25] I know many of you are getting COVID fatigue, and you’re itching to get out and resume your normal activities. But this virus is killing, slaughtering our community.
• [15:58] Getting five to thirty minutes of sun exposure at least twice per week. The best source really is the sun.
• [16:44] Eat more anti-inflammatory foods.
• [20:20] We as black people, must act.

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