it wasn't granola .....

No, it wasn't granola bars and yogurt these sweet little black boys were munching on. It was the much more traditional, more typical potato ships. The Mom of these cute four-year-ole light-skinned Black boys probably doesn't know that the corner Poppie store she bought them { the chips } from is part of a national trend to keep our Black children malnourished, over weight and part of what feeds into the Black community's inability to economically sustain itself.   One gentleman had on sneakers. The other one – on the left – had on black converses. If they weren’t the cutest children I have ever seen since my nephews Kamau and Muata were baby boys, I am not your GOD. Which I am by the Way {2000 Seasons by  Ayi  Kwei Armah } Why do we have to contend with a conspiracy against Black Boys when they are only 4 years ole? { ``Counter the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Volume 1’’ By Jawanza Kunjufu. }.  Why are they rarely tracked for doom, failure and prison if they fail 5<sup>th</sup> grade math?   ``Black Boys in Crisis: Eliminating the School-to-Prison Pipeline,’’ on the internet { GOODLE }.  


     I am not going to blame White men on the Supreme Court; The head of Apple Corporation; The gentleman who occupies the White House; Bowing; Lockheed; The Democratic Congress; The Republicans and the Republican Senate;  poverty's stick-to-your-ribness; The Beach Boys; and Janis Joplin.


     I'm GOD Almighty and unlike a group of out-of-touch Black intellectuals who attended a WURD Black Talk radio program { 900 AM or 96.1 FM } here in Philadelphia, who gave the Black community excellent grades just for surviving - I am giving the Black community a big fat ``F'' for not trying hard enough; for getting fat and out-of-shape; and for not watching closely when First Lady Michelle Obama was seen on national television starting a community  vegetable garden during her first days in the White House. Half of us be woke, half of us sleep. 


     In my neighborhood at 41st and Lancaster Avenue we live in a nutrition desert - a Black news commentator on WURD calls it a nutrition desert - a place where food is plentiful, but nutritious food is sorely lacking } I think this term - nutrition desert - is more accurate.


     Those twins were formulating the texture and chemical base for their brains with each chomp on those worthless { nutritionally } potato chips. {https://drewramseymd.com/blog/ The Brain Food Blog }. -  Plenty of oil, fat, salt, starch and white potatoes are included in fried potato chips. I eat the in small moderation.  Those handsome little boys need something much better for their brains to feast on. Once those worthless chips become a part of what you rely on to think properly, it is not as easy as you might think to turn around and challenge yourself to learn How to eat better. ( You should do some research on food addictions and fast foods before you just accept what I'm saying here. Some knowledgeable people say you can always turn things around and eat better no matter how far you have stepped away from the healthy table. I think eating less processed foods that have ben prepared in advance with additives and preservatives is far less healthy than eating fresh fruits and fresh vegetables, a very traditionally-head belief among nutritionists and people like myself who are well-read on this subject. [ I am not a qualified nutritionist, but will take classes soon to work towards this goal]).  In my estimation, chips can lead to pork ribs, and possibly fried chicken and possibly French fries and possibly fish loaded with salt and fat. { OH, GOD FORBID!} The famed Philadelphia cheese steak ad a beer. Eating is a learned behavior and so is what you learn to eat at an early age. How many times have I been to a funeral repast and the guest of honor is sitting pretty due to a long history of eating junk food? Way too often. Diabetes, high-blood pressure, obesity, lack of exercise, heart disease, stroke, smoking cigarettes, smoking cigars & bunts, an extra slice of blueberry pie, a pop tart, alcohol - 75 pounds over weight. When you are too heavy {I'm not even going to talk about eating salt pork, lard, regular margarine & sodas which you already know you can't eat or drink}. When you are too heavy you are asking your heart to do the impossible - maintain good health and adequate blood flow under conditions that are not the best.  


     I know you are sick & tired of hearing about the health dangers held in our control because it almost make us seem like the family doctor or even, perhaps GODS, because each choice is so important and vital.


     The mother of those two 4-year-ole handsome boys - the potato chip munchers -  was dooming Her sons to serving a doomed life sentence unless she turns Her Titanic right-side up and starts feeding them more healthy meals. Healthy meals like what is available at Trader Joes { 2121 Market Street }; Govinda's Vegetarian Restaurant { 1408 South Street }; Atiya Ola's Spirit First Foods { 310 South 48th Street, near Spruce and 48th Street }; Hibiscus Juice Bar at 49th and Baltimore Avenue};
Salad Works { in 30th Street Station}https://online.saladworks.com/Content/themes/saladworks/menus/43004-menu.pdf   ; Sweet Greens { https://www.sweetgreen.com/menu/?region=philadelphia Sweet Greens only accepts credit cards, not cash, as far as I know} ;