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2B LIFE/ CttarUUt $i(t Thursday November 3, 2005 Fighting diabetes the Marcos way Continued from page 1B Hernandez’s career. He said it’s easier to record now as opposed to being 30 pounds heavier. “You have more breath, more lung expansion and you’re not easily fatigued,” he said. “And you sound differ ent.” As a part of his tour in sup port of his national debut CD “C About Me,” Hernandez talks to kids about staying active and healthy “Tliis tour is really for the betterment of kids out there to let them know it’s all ri^t to sit around and “chillax” but you really have to find your verb,” he said. Ihe flip side of being inac tive is developing diseases like diabetes, heart disease and stroke. According to the CDC, dia betes now affects nearly 21 million Americans - or seven percent of the U.S. population - and more than 6 million of those people do not know they have diabetes. “Diabetes is a leading cause of adult blindness, lower-limb amputation, kidney disease and nerve damage. Two- thirds of people with diabetes die fix)m a heart attack or stroke,” said Mnicor. November is National Diabetes Month. For more information about the disease, visit www.cdc.gov/diabetes. For more information about Hernandez and his music, visit www.marcosonline.com. Detroit mayor’s lynching ad sparks criticism Continued from page 1B and reject it.” The ad, which appeared Wednesday in the Michigan Chronicle under the headline “Lynching is Still Legal in America,” claims the media has targeted Kilpatrick and failed to examine Hendrix’s tenure as deputy mayor. It also describes recent examples of racism in the Detroit area, including hate crimes in the mostly white suburbs. Detroit is about 80 percent black, and both candidates for mayor are black But race and the issue of how much the city should cooperate with the surrounding sub urbs have come up repeated ly in the campaign. Sam Logan, the newspa per’s publisher, said he was n’t aware of the ad until after it appeared in print, and that the paper “does not condone” the images. The co-publisher of The Michigan Citizen, another community newspaper that ran a similar ad, defended it, saying it highlighted issues that need to be examined. ‘1 have not got one call fium a subscriber or a reader who complained about that ad,” Catherine Kelly said. “Not one letter or e-mail.” Kilpatrick has implied that the media is out to get him with scrutiny over his use of a city credit card on out-of-town travel and a city lease of a luxury sport utility vehide for his family In May, his father apologized after comparing the media’s treatment of his son to Nazi propaganda. Hendrix, 55, has been lead ing Kilpatrick, 35, in polls ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. On the Net: Kwame Kilpatrick: /wwwri detroit jni Msimayor Fretnan Hendrix: wwwjretnanhendrixx'om Advice on lactose questioned by experts Continued from page 1B Lactase breaks down milk sugar so it can be absorbed into tlie blood. When there’s not enou^ lactase, undigested lactose travels to the large intestine where it draws water (which can cause bloating and diar rhea) and bacteria (which can cause flatulence). Worldwide, most people are luiable to produce large amounts of lactase. It’s main ly northern Europeans and a few populations in Africa who developed the genetic mxita- tion that allows them to com fortably consume milk after childhood, experts say The prevalence of lactose intolerance probably hasn’t gotten a lot of attention because many policy makers and media members are Caucasian and don’t think of it as a common problem, said Dr. Hetal Karsan, a specialist at Atlanta’s Emory University “It’s Caucasian bias,” said Karsan, a gastroenterol^ist who was bom in India and is lactose-intolerant. Late last year, the National Medical Association, compris ing black physicians, issued a special report—funded by the National Dairy Council—on the role of dairy in the diet of blacks. It cited unpublished research that concluded only 49 percent of blacks report ever feeling discomfort after eating dairy It said 44 per cent of black adults say they eat one or more servings of dairy each day and that blacks get only 66 percent of the daily recommended amounts of calcium The medical group recom mended blacks consume three to four servings a day of low-fat milk, cheese and/or yc^urt—more than the three servings the government rec ommends for the general public The group felt that the higher recommendation might go further in getting blacks to meet minimum guidelines, said Dr. Winston Price, a New York pediatri cian who was one of the study’s co-authors. Price said the report was spurred by recent research that suggests dairy products help reduce the risk of hi^ blood pressure and other chronic diseases in blacks. However, an executive with the dairy council said that group approached the doctors’ association with the idea. Public-private partnerships are necessary to get out important public health mes sages, said the official, Greg Miller. He wouldn’t say how much money the group gave the doctors’ association. ‘It’s really outrageous that a medical association would take money fiom an industry group and then give out med ical advice contrary to well- understood scientific evi dence,” said Dan Kinbum, a lawyer for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the vegetarian group that sued to try to force warning labels on milk car tons. Price insisted the dairy council funding didn’t influ ence the health recommenda tions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this year revised the nation’s food pyramid and provided a Web site— http;//www. mypyr amid gov— which allows individuals to . get specially tailored dietary guidelines. City Council Dwiyw CoMhil SkM»oMo«n Distnct 3 D^trict 4 The Black Caucus Charlotte Meckien^ Queshoned, interviewed and endorsed these candidates. 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