Hey, it's Wendy!

And it's Jess, and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast.

Your online resource for delicious and nutritious living.

Hey everyone!

Thanks so much for tuning in to another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast with Wendy and Jess.

Today, we have Dr. Lanaka Blackman card joining us

and Lanaka is a researcher at Duke University and a registered dietitian.

Her work aims to reduce the risk of chronic disease and promote behavior and lifestyle change in women.

Her work has focused specifically on black women and the role that culture has to play as an asset to achieve good health.

Dr. Blackman card believes that food is medicine and healthy food should be accessible for all.

Today, we are going to be talking about something really important that affects so many women, especially African-American women.

And that is something called the superwoman schema.

And researchers have suggested that health disparities in African-American women, including adverse birth outcomes,

lupus, and untreated depression, can be explained by stress and coping.

And so the strong black women slash superwoman role has been highlighted as a phenomenon influencing black women, African-American women experiences, and reports of stress.

And it can lead to some unhealthy behaviors such as binge eating.

So we're going to unpack all of this today with Lanaka.

So welcome to the podcast, Lanaka.

We're so excited to have you here.

Oh, my goodness. I'm really excited to be here. Thank you for having me.

And this is a conversation that always excites me talking about women's health.

So I'm ready to unpack with you guys.

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