Black Health Matters: From Victim to Victory

Black Health Matters

By Nuta Beqsu Moses AmenRa El

As Indigo Women, we have always had a fertile connection as mothers and "Mother Earth."  We cultivated the most sophisticated collection of knowledge about the land, the elements, the seasons and the stars. Humans originating as indigenous gatherer-hunters, foraged the planet, following, studying and observing the herds of animals to find water, nutrients, and resources, The Animals were our teachers. Then, we ate our teachers. I recall the "Mother Wit and Old Wives Tales" of the "Brews," "Potions," Tonics, Tinctures, Teas and Poultices that healed the ailments of Mothers' family and community. We ate a Mediterranean diet filled with an abundance and variety of living vivid colors, Fresh fruits and Vegetables.

Currently, most urban environments suffer from Nutritional Food Deserts, with the only oasis- an acidic vat of fast-food restaurants, convenience stores, and grocery stores filled with a toxic blend of imported, genetically modified organisms, processed, preserved and wrapped in plastic- play foods filled with high fructose corn syrup, processed preservatives, salt, artificial coloring, artificial sweeteners, yeast, hydrogenated oils milkpuss, carbonated beverages, alcohol, tobacco… Even our schools are filled with vending machines and cafeterias filled with processed and fried fake foods. Even the "fresh" fruits and vegetables are GMOs and highly preserved. As they linger for months in storage, then on gassed and refrigerated selves, they lack the nutritional content to support the physical and mental capacities of our youth and end up promoting poor diet habits, lethargy, and lowered brainpower. This leads us to the 5 major causes of the hand of Disease and Death- 

African Americans 10 Leading Causes of Death (Both Sexes, All ages)
1. Heart Disease
2. Cancer
3. Cerebrovascular Disease or Stroke
4. Diabetes
5. Unintentional Accidents
6. Homicide
7. HIV/AIDS
8. Respiratory Disease
9. Nephritis, Nephritic syndrome
10. Septicemia


So, Homicide is the 6th leading cause of death in African Americans, not the 1st! So, our death weapon is Food, Stress, and Lifestyle. We are killing ourselves more rapidly with what we put in our mouths long before we would kill each other with any other weapon! STOP THE KILLING! It is a wonder that our poor diets are the inducer of anti-social behavior, violence, and killing. Again, we are teaching our infants in the womb, then our children and teens; spiraling destructive habits, choices, and behaviors. The diseases above are symptomatic of obesity. Yet in this day and age- when the food in the grocery stores is adulterated with growth hormones, obesity becomes an exacerbating consequence and effect. We are what we eat, so even though we are inflated with growth hormones in appearance, we are masking and not necessarily overeating, the symptoms of malnourishment.

http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/remp/black.html



U.S. Food Deserts

Solutions

The Amen Par Ankh (sacred temple of life) was established to promote health and wellness in the most desolate areas in Kansas City, MO. to remove the hand of disease and Death for Indigo African Americans.

We can have sustainable urban communities! This starts with Feeding ourselves! 

IN ORDER TO FREE OURSELVES WE MUST FEED OURSELVES!

• Taking back our involvement with what we consume and feed to our families is the most empowering action we can take. We used to have victory gardens, as a way of preparing for disaster and being responsible to our families and community. Even the act of having a container garden full of herbs that can be grown indoors is an excellent start. If you are not ready to connect with nature and the foods you consume, then purchase your food, locally from local growers as often as possible. 
• Participate and seek out and get to know your urban growers and agriculturalist and locally grown food markets.

• Get to know the people and how they grow their food.
• We so often eat alone and on the run- we need to make time to sit down, prepare a meal with love, and eat together as family- at least once a week.
• Find or make healthy snacks for your teens and yourself. Homemade Sunflower seeds, granola mixes, smoothies and even riding in your car with fresh fruit to quail the temptation to stop at a drive-thru window can save you time and money this is healthy and natural "FAST FOOD". 
• Finding fresh water might be a problem nowadays. Find alkaline and Springwater as often as you can. Collecting Rain Water and reconnecting with natural springs, can reconnect us to our foraging Ancestors.
• Use glass, ceramic and stainless steel containers, instead of plastic.
• We also must make time to exercise. Parking a few blocks from where you work, then walking, dancing, joining a sports team, or just a few calisthenics can start healthy heart habits. Reconnect with your spiritual and cultural value systems and ancestral folkways.

Your Body Temple

•  We are living souls having a human, temporal, empirical experience
• Take Care and treat your body as you would a temple. Your body is your organic "Space Suit"
•  Connect to the earth around you as a steward and not in dominion.
•  Establish Knowledge of Self- know your Destiny, Name, Health, Career & Relationship Consultations with the Aku (Contact the Amen Par Ankh by Appointment)
•  Meditation/Visualization
• Conscious Breathing
•  Hydration: Drink 8 Glasses of Water per day
•   Healthy Alkaline Foods in a balanced diet
•   Recreation /Exercise
•   Relaxation
•   Get plenty of Sleep from Sunset-Sunrise- especially between 10pm-2am
•   Maintain Normal Weight
•  Use Whole (Left and Right Brain) stimulation
• Spirituality/ Connection to Life- Plants- Animals
• Value/Belief system
•  Reduce/Remove Toxins and pollution from your body, mind and spirit

This seems like such a delicate bridge - from Capitalism to Self-Cultivation. Capitalism will only exploit and rape the natural resources from the land and use them for exploitation and greed, more than feeding ourselves and our family. It will draft and conjure away, of taking these natural resources and put them on the market floor to sell... to grind into machinery or be used to feed a military agenda- this is ominous.

Remember, Your Body is a Sacred Temple, The True House of All That Is You, and that you Live In. You Live in Your Skin. Therefore, The Thoughts, Emotions, and Lifeforce Energy that we Call Food must not be compromised.  As you Choose The People & Places You Get Food From, You Directly Invite Those Energies Into Your Temple. When you feel like someone is Getting on Your Nerves & Stressing You Out, Remember, it is the energy that You have invited. 

*Grow and harvest your own foods

*Make Wiser Choices, 

*Love Yourself, and Your Cells More Completely- every day. #AmenAnkh

Remember, The vitality of an infant is in the quality of energy that their mother feeds to the infant. If Mother is fearful, angry, worrisome, sorrowful, etc., It has a direct influence on even the very milk she is feeding her infant. When a child is colicky, or even lethargic, The energy from their environment plays a pinnacle role in child development. 

The mother is the first teacher of her children. So, as you teach a girl, you heal a nation! As we return to feed ourselves, we can best provide the optimal health of our future generations. It is important to work to break the cycle of hereditary illnesses that can easily be eliminated with a healthy lifestyle of locally grown foods, exercise, non-toxic water, air, soil, and home environments, and positive relationships for our body, mind, and spirit. What we feed to our children will affect the health and future success of our nation, for generations to come.

We must teach our youth a true knowledge of self. to empower them with a legacy of wealth. We must teach each of our young girls their self-knowledge - to understand the power of their bodies, as a sacred temple of life, and to return their self-esteem and self-respect, not only for each individual girl and her family, but for her nation.

At Amen Par Ankh our Motto is: 
Teach a Girl- Heal a Nation!

We Celebrate Life with a group called You G.R.O.W.W. Girls. GROWW Stands for Gaining Resilience, Opportunity, Wellness and Wealth. We teach STEAM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Vocational Arts, Mathematics, and Medicine) through Art, biology, and ecology. Our young girls learn Self Awareness, Plant Identification of herbs, and food nutrition. They are growing their own foods and learning about health and wellness. Manufacturing of Home and domestic products using natural materials. Develop skills like sewing, canning Jewelry making, and many other Crafts while they are also learning about alternative careers in STEAM fields. We Invite Young Girls between the ages of 8-18 and Mentors to join us and support our youth. Feel free to Contact us to learn more about our women's circles and study groups. Email QueenMa Nuta AmenRa at amen.ankh@live.com or amen.parankh@gmail.com, and Call Nuta Beqsu Moses aka Adenike AmenRa: 816-281-7704

Kandaki-Ma Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra)

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We are available for Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, and Workshops, along with an Af-Ra-Ka-N Centered curriculum for youth STEAM homeschooling, Workshops, and Itinerate Tutoring. 

We live in our ancient KMT Spiritual systems to serve our community in Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Naming and ReBirth, Personal consultations for Nia (Purpose), Health, Career and, Relationship, and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, (Home and Businesses blessings), Afrikan Storytelling. Amen Par Ankh is a Sacred Temple of Life- We are a KRST conscious Community. We Grow Food to restore balance in our relationship with the cosmos, earth, and our Natural communities by increasing awareness of Life, Health, and Environment. We are a Maafia a "Healthy Place To Live" Amen Ankh Urban Farm’s Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food, resources, and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. Call Us-816-281-7704 

Contact: amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com 

The information on this website has been put together for general information, education, reference, Spirituality Current Events, and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any specific condition. Ask your doctor for his professional advice before making radical changes in your diet and lifestyle.

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Hand of Disease and Death

The HAND of DEATH and DISEASE

Afrikan Americans are dying at a higher rate than any other ethnic group, from stress-related, preventable diseases, caused by THE CHOICES THAT WE WILLINGLY FOLLOW AND PUT IN OUR OWN MOUTHS, AND FEED TO OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EVERY DAY! I'm writing about our diets- the common western-roman-slave High Carbohydrate/ High Acidic diets, that the majority of people eat In the west. Although PTSD (Post Traumatic Slavery Disorders,) Pollution, Contamination, Poisons, and Drugs, in our air, water and food aren't enough, the normal day-in-day-out stresses from racism/ white Supremacy and disenfranchisement takes their toll on our bodies with excessive cortisol production, We still have choices, like our habits of diet and exercise, that we can choose and control!

American Afrikans have the highest rates of the following diseases, among the population of the U.S. (maybe even the rest of the world where we have assimilated western european culture.)
I list the 5 fingers on THE HAND OF DISEASE AND DEATH:

1. All Cancers,

2. Strokes,

3. type 2 Diabetes,

4. High-blood pressure

5. Heart attacks





The death rates of these diseases are more than Hate crimes, Black-on-Black homicide, police brutality killing, and war! These diseases are like a ball and chain, to an already stressful existence. Without a healthy disease-free lifestyle, one is bound to, and often at the mercy of, an often dysfunctional, surgery, radiation, and drug-pushing medical system. As we follow the highly commercialized junk food pushers, we are eating ourselves (and with our own hands serving to our children) a path to misery and an early grave. We often go to funerals for our loved ones and eat the same foods that killed their loved ones at repass.

Yes, All of these diseases are treated by medical doctors with surgery and long-term medications. I have concluded that the 5 diseases that I have listed, are caused  by stress based eating of Cancer and disease causing diet choices, lack of exercise, dehydration, and improper rest, that can be prevented by simply making healthy diet and exercise choices.

Many of our people live by a 2 fisted grip on death and disease on our family.

African Americans suffer disproportionately from several major health problems associated with high morbidity and mortality. The 1985 DHHS Secretary's Task Force Report on Blacks and Other Minorities identified six major disease categories of excess deaths for African Americans compared with whites by applying the lower death rate for whites to the American population. The report provided a stimulus for public and private action to begin to address the health disparities between minority and non-minority populations. This article examines three of the leading causes of death for African Americans and assesses the extent to which the health disparity between African Americans and whites has been reduced. An extensive list of barriers to reducing the disparity is presented from the scientific literature and strategies for reducing the three health problems are recommended.

10 Leading Causes of Death for African Americans

(Causes of Death from 2010)

1. Heart Disease

2. Cancer

3. Stroke

4. Diabetes

5. Unintentional Injuries

6. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis (Kidney Diseases)

Chronic Kidney Disease

7. Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease

8. Homicide- Youth Violence

9. Septicemia

10. Alzheimer's Disease


That's the reason I became vegetarian. I found that our Beef livestock used to eat grass, nurse their own young, and roam the prairies as part of their natural habitat. Our Nubian Pastoral Ancestors from Afrika were the first to Corral and Herd animals through open prairies. -Now, these animals are artificially grown and live in containment factory structures - bred over and over again by the same siblings. Often this meat comes from devitalized clones, grown from stem cells. All of this "meat" (Pork, Beef, Chicken, and Fish) has been adulterated. These creatures eat pellets of the remains of their predecessors, that was scooped up from the slaughterhouse! They are injected with antibiotics and hormone growth accelerators. They stand all of their limited lives, on top of their own waste...They are bred through artificial insemination. They are never allowed to bond or see their offspring after they are produced or receive any kind of affection. (That is how many of our ancestors were treated too!)

I attribute a lot of our obesity and cholesterol problems to the consumption of too many processed Carbohydrates, in the form of Wheat and Corn, along with animal fats particularly lard found in pork. While many have argued in defense of pork consumption, (I'm sure that the pork industry has taken a severe blow from the "Swine Flu" coo) it has been quipped "God made everything!" and the notoriously misinterpreted "Arise Peter slay and eat." Yet, when it comes to the justification of serving this gall to our Afrikan families, please, let me ask you this;

Would you eat; decay, flies, cockroaches, maggots, scavengers, like vultures, hawks, hyenas & reptiles, plastic, poisons, acid, dirt, feces, rotting carcasses, the molding rotten fruits and vegetables? (God made these too!) Do you know that a diseased and worm-infested pig will eat this stuff and not even get sickened by it!

REMEMBER! THE SURVIVORS OF KATRINA--- who suffered from the 5 above diseases ---WERE LEFT TO DIE FOR LACK OF FRESH MEDICATIONS! For instance, when the supply of fresh insulin was unavailable to administer to a diabetic, Because of lack of electricity and refrigeration, these people were abandoned in the presence of medical staff, first aid, and emergency clinics, to transition, waste away, go into shock and die!

Here are some of the criminal, deadly contenders that we feed ourselves and our families every day:
Processed cane sugar
(fructose) -corn syrup (candy, sweets,)
ALL ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS!
Adulterated Animals: Pork, Beef, Chicken and fish consumption: processed meat, (sausage, bologna, hot-dogs, canned) butter, lard, whey, oils, (also found in lotions, hair care products, makeup and other cosmetics)
Processed devitalized, starched based carbohydrate, genetically modified grains- Corn and Wheat Flour gluten products - white flour, white rice
Highly acidic and nonnutritive filler "fake foods" also known as junk foods and "snacks", All highly preserved and processed foods and snacks with benzine and other preservatives
Milk (Puss!)- and processed dairy products - Butter, Cheese, Ice cream, whey, Yogurt, WE ARE NOT INFANT COWS!
Impure and acidic drinking water filled with fluoride, mercury, and lead= (unfiltered tap water)
Carbonated, sugary, and highly preserved beverages that mimic 100% fruit juice (What is "Cool Aid" anyway?!)
Alcoholic drinks
Microwaved and irradiated foods
Foods wrapped and contained in Aluminum, foam, and plastics (baby Bottles, Nipples, sippy cups, and plastic drinking bottles)
"Fast foods" with high levels of sodium and Acrylamide-
Remember that your biggest organ, the skin, and scalp- breathes and eats whatever topical product from the cosmetic industry, you put on it- namely petroleum Jelly, arsenic, formaldehyde,

Top Sources of Food Carcinogens:

• Any charred food - from burnt popcorn - to burnt toast, is highly carcinogenic.

• Meat in general (in terms of the fats associated) is carcinogenic, especially overcooked meat.

• Smoked/ roasted foods like soya, roasted corn, and grilled fish -heated with harmful materials such as tires, treated wood, polyethylene bags, rubber materials, etc.

• Acrylamide is found in browned foods like bread crust, toast, and broiled meats.

• Sugar is carcinogenic - whether white or brown. Instead of sugar, you can choose to substitute honey or Stevia leaves

• Stomach cancer is associated with high salt intake, with spicy foods and smoked food

• Sodas and Energy drinks are carcinogenic for a variety of reasons beyond their high sugar content and harmful additives.

• Artificial sweeteners, sucralose, and particularly aspartame, are carcinogenic
• Rancid and artificial Oils, are artificially filtered to remove the rancid spoiled taste. Cooking spray is made with patroleum distilliates 

• Excessive alcohol with so many preservatives is toxic

• Trans fats found in fries and snack chips are carcinogenic

• Microbial contaminants and toxins like aflatoxins found in Aspergillum infected nuts and seeds

• Chemical food additives (Artificial flavorants, colorants, preservatives) eg. nitrosamine which is a preservative is a cancer precursor

• Fluoride and Chloride and many other toxic chemicals and preservatives, found in most beverages and water is Carcinogenic. Question the water content of most beverages; they often use tap water to prepare at restaurants and commercial soft drinks.

• Unfortunately, the very container that most processed foods and drinks are stored- are carcinogenic.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/acrylamide-in-food

http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/acrylamide.html

SO, WHAT'S LEFT? What other alternative choices do we have?

*GROW YOUR OWN FOODS!

Eat a predominantly plant-based diet (Raw is best).

*Get to know your Local Urban Farmer and establish a contract for them to grow your foods

Study to learn, the bounty and varieties of Organic, Foods
Fresh Fruits and nuts- raw as possible, naturally sweet
Fresh green leafy Vegetables- raw as possible
Whole organic grains- from real grains! (not genetically modified)
Sprouted beans and seeds
Seeds and Nuts
Herbs 

Frozen foods

options

Drink lots of Clean alkaline water 

Fresh Clean Air- (even good smelling- natural things like uncut flower plants are good for ya and good to ya) 

Lots of Exercise, Meditation and Rest 

Creative, Inventiveness, production and manufacture of our own goods, products, and foods, 

We are the ones who must emancipate ourselves and our progeny from mental slavery! For our own survival, we must cultivate and relearn healthy ways, traditions and cultural values. It is vital that we acquire an appetite for and a "hunger and thirst after" a righteous lifestyle and not a death-style!

As Women (Womb of mankind,) we have a greater responsibility to support and promote our own health and wellness, as well as a healthy lifestyle and (not a death-style!) for our family and neighborhoods. 

IF The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, then WE MUST each TEACH A GIRL-HEAL A NATION!

Kandaki-Ma Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra)

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(c) All rights reserved. No part of this Blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author; Nuta Beqsu Adenike AmenRa

We are available for Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, and Workshops, along with an Af-Ra-Ka-N Centered curriculum for youth STEAM homeschooling, Workshops, and Itinerate Tutoring. 

We live in our ancient KMT Spiritual systems to serve our community in Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Naming and ReBirth, Personal consultations for Nia (Purpose), Health, Career and, Relationship, and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, (Home and Businesses blessings), Afrikan Storytelling. 

Amen Par Ankh is a Sacred Temple of Life- We are a KRST conscious Community. Our Mission We Grow Food to restore balance in our relationship with the cosmos, earth, and our Natural communities by increasing awareness of Life, Health, and the Environment. We are a Ma'afia a "Healthy Place To Live" 

Amen Ankh Urban Farm’s Mission is to produce, promote, and perpetuate food, resources, and comfort and to grow local healthy Indigenous Foods in environmentally, respected, earth gentle ways. Call Us-816-281-7704 

Contact: ankhliving@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com 

I am Nuta Beqsu, a Kandaki Ma of many Suns, Daughters, Grand Princesses, and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. With a mission to provide solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, eye opened Adenike's Arts, and the Amen Par Ankh, a Natural Life association, and Amen Ankh Akademy Green STEAM Homeschool network of Vocational/Industrial arts and science. This is a green space for Home Scholars, an Independent Library, and Home Blessings and Notions. Eye am presently available for Consultations, Workshops Edutainment, and lectures. currently working with grief counseling making Dolls for mothers who have suffered the loss of their children. A Teacher, Priestess, Minister, Life coach, blogger, and respected public speaker and educator who has conducted several workshops at various organizations, served as a panelist, and as keynote speaker at regional meetings. She has a monthly call-in or listens online- Radio show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amencommunications 

Nuta Beqsu means (heaven gives me balance) This is an ancient KMT language that is still in practice today. Nu, Nut, & Ta are the Elemental powers of the Heavens: Nu is Moisture and Water. Nut is the Celestial Sky goddess. She represents the cosmos and the universe. The Universe is always giving birth to new solar systems and stars. Ta is the original word for land and the Queendoms of our ancient Matriarchal societies. Our land is our home, and the place for the empirical existence where we learn from our experiences. She seeks to live in balance between the planetary and heavenly existences. We are all connected to the land, trees, microcosm and macrocosm, Inner verse, and the universe. Nuta Beqsu (heaven gives me balance) will be programmed into a conscious spirit, to produce thought sequences to direct a course of action as a way to achieve success in life. Visualization is thought converted into a pleasurable visual image(s) to achieve a goal and/or purpose. We connect with Divine Power to guide and direct our pathways. As a divine name is spoken the receiver has unity of direction in life. My name reflects my Destiny. So, the sight Sounds, visions, smells, and colors associated with a divine name will give guidance in one's pathway. 

As a Minister and Director at Amen Par Ankh and Ankh Amen Ankh Akademy, we offer Ancestor Libation Ceremony, Consultations, and Life Coaching for Destiny, Name, Health, Career, and Relationships. Afrikan Wedding planning and officiating services, Home and Business Blessings, Naming, Birth Blessings, Domestic Engineering, Homegoing Ascension services, Lectures, and edutainment- Storytelling, Music, Dance, Youth Outreach and economic Literacy, Travel agency, Insurance Referrals and STE-A-M(science technology engineering, Vocational/Industrial Artsmathematics medicine) Career introduction called You GROWW Girls- Teach a Girl, Heal a Nation GROWW means (Gaining, Resilience, Opportunity, Wellness and Wealth) Call for your appointment: 816-281-7704 Feel free to Contact the Amen Ankh Urban Farm... amen.ankh@live.com or amen.parankh@gmail.com Please like our Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/Green.Griot https://www.facebook.com/PARANKH , https://www.facebook.com/Amen.Ankh.Farm , https://www.facebook.com/Adenike.Art , https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ankh-The-Way-of-Life-Communities/