is the risk from having African ancestry or being carb-intolerant? #health #covid19

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is the risk from having African ancestry or being carb-intolerant?:

2021.2.4: 

. africs (those with some African ancestry)

are said to be more prone to severe covid-19: 

is it happening even to africs on a slow carb diet?

(a diet low in sugars and baked goods).

. we know that obese euros (whites)

are also prone to covid;

obesity comes from being carb intolerant,

ie, not adapting well to the 

chosen level of glycemic load.

. the problem with the Western diet

is that it has both a high glycemic load

and is high in fats and stress 

that cause insulin resistance.

. if africs are more prone to insulin resistance,

they need to compensate by using less carb's.

[3.23: significance of cortisol:

. sugar and stress both raise cortisol

that both causes insulin resistance 

and more importantly,

suppresses the immune system, and that 

is when covid-19 becomes overwhelming.

. high doses of sugar provoke more cortisol

when it causes rebound hypoglycemia.

. racism may be a source of stress

that raises cortisol; and also,

being unable to obtain healthy food 

(underemployed or living in a food desert)

can also suppress the immune system

by causing shortages of vitamins C, D, and zinc.

. cheap food usually contains too much fat

which may contribute to insulin resistance,

and combined with high doses of sugar,

that causes high insulin and obesity.]

2.5: web:

CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cdc-releases-data-debate-grows-racial-disparities-coronavirus/story?id=70041803

. africs are 33% of hospitalized covid-19 patients

yet only 18% of the general population.

. latinos faired the best with only a

0.571 (8/14) risk, compared to english euros:

0.76 (45/59).

Dr. Anthony Fauci:

. africs have higher rates of [carb intolerance:]

([insulin-resistant]diabetes, obesity, 

hypertension [caused by high insulin])

http://amerdreamduh.blogspot.com/2012/02/hypertension-is-from-sugar-not-salt.html

as well as asthma,

all conditions at higher risk for covid-19.

3.23:

. africs are also prone to having lower vitamin D levels;

because the sun is less able to penetrate darker skin.

the latino difference: younger:

https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/hispanic-health/index.html

Hispanics in the US are on average

nearly 15 years younger than whites 

[euros (european ancestry now english-speaking)].

Heart disease and cancer in Hispanics 

are the two leading causes of death, 

accounting for about 2 of 5 deaths, 

which is about the same for whites. 

-- they also have 35% less heart disease

and 49% less cancer;

but that is because they are younger.

Hispanics have lower deaths than whites

from most of the 10 leading causes of death

with three exceptions

—more deaths from diabetes and chronic liver disease, 

and similar numbers of deaths from kidney diseases. 

Hispanics have 23% more obesity than whites

and about a 50% higher death rate from diabetes.

Hispanics are as likely as whites

to have high blood pressure. 

but have 24% more of the

poorly controlled high blood pressure.