Sugar, Power, and Black Health: Why the New Dietary Guidelines — and the Quit Sugar Summit — Matter for Black Communities - MMCxchange https://mmcxchange.com/ Fri, 22 May 2026 07:00:21 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub Sugar, Power, and Black Health: Why the New Dietary Guidelines — and the Quit Sugar Summit — Matter for Black Communities https://mmcxchange.com/detail/sugar-power-and-black-healthwhy-the-new-dietary-guidelines-and-the-quit-sugar-summit-matter-for-black-communities_1777055417 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:50:54 -0500 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/sugar-power-and-black-healthwhy-the-new-dietary-guidelines-and-the-quit-sugar-summit-matter-for-black-communities_1777055417 Sugar, Power, and Black Health: Why the New Dietary Guidelines — and the Quit Sugar Summit — Matter for Black Communities

This week, new federal dietary guidelines have once again placed food, sugar, and metabolic health at the center of the national conversation. Headlines are buzzing. Experts are debating. Social media is overflowing with hot takes about what Americans should and should not eat. But for African Americans, this conversation is not new. For decades, Black communities have lived at the intersection of conflicting nutrition advice, aggressive marketing of ultra-processed foods, limited access to fresh…]]>