Eating Like the Past Creates a Healthier Future

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Could eating the diet of generations ago be the key to a healthier future?

Nurse and certified Food For Life instructor Deitra Dennis, RN, CHC, joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room™ podcast to discuss the way that the plant-based foods featured on the African Heritage Power Plate can help people connect with their roots and creativity while living healthier lives.

The rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions remain high among African Americans while life expectancies are lower. However, Deitra's goal is to have members of the black community experience how returning to traditional foodways of their heritage can result in improved health.

The inspiring conversation continues a broader discussion on the inequities and injustices facing the African American community. As Deitra says, she is a solutions person and is bringing plenty of ideas to the table to overcome some of the challenges facing the community.

A healthier diet is not the only solution, but it can be one step toward improved health.

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African Heritage Power Plate

https://bit.ly/AfricanHPP

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Back to the Root 2-Week Jumpstart Program

https://bit.ly/B2RJumpstart

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Farmers Market Coalition

https://farmersmarketcoalition.org

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Trio Plant-Based Restaurant

https://www.trioplantbased.com

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Chuck Carroll

Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC

IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC

Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook

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Physicians Committee

Twitter: @PCRM

IG: @PhysiciansCommittee

Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook

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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine

Schedule Appointment: https://bit.ly/BMCtelemed

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0:00.0	the term soul who really came about in the 60s as a way again of connection, but I will
0:05.6	say the original soul was truly plant-based because our ancestors ate what they had, ate
0:13.6	from the land, they ate what they grew, they ate in season and they ate together because
0:17.7	it was always about its own unit.
0:27.6	Well hello there and welcome to the Exam Room podcast brought to you by the Physicians
0:32.0	Committee.
0:33.0	Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll.
0:35.8	Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download, more than
0:41.8	ever, wherever it is in the world that you are.
0:45.7	We appreciate the fact that you are here.
0:51.3	Today we are continuing to explore the inequities and injustices that are facing the African
0:57.5	American community.
0:59.9	Systemic racism extends beyond what we see on the news and its effects are deeply rooted.
1:08.0	Just one of the major results of this, the health of members of that community.
1:15.7	As the rates of chronic disease such as high blood pressure go up, life expectancies
1:22.2	remain down.
1:25.2	However, my guest today says that looking to the past may help create a healthier future.
1:35.2	Dietra Dennis, she is here to talk about the African Heritage Power Plate.
1:42.4	In the goal of this plate, for members of the African American community to experience
1:47.7	how returning to the traditional food ways of their heritage can result in improved health.
1:56.8	Today you will learn how the foods on this plate can be used to create delicious and
2:03.4	helpful and familiar tastes.
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