But I thought it was because Blacks have the highest rates of drug abuse?
OK, j/k but you make a good point. Something I never knew. I know, like Asians they are predominately lactose intolerant. I have that problem too being primarily filipino. I never drink milk and have to avoid dairy. I can tolerate small amounts like cheese and ice cream but if I do it more that two days in a row I get stomach problems and coughing up phlegm. I usually keep some lactase pills with me just in case.
But this problem certainly hasn't effected Blacks being disproportionately represented in body building. One of the things Ronnie mentioned as the reason for his success was the ability of his organs to tolerate stress. Which was to me a roundabout way of saying he could be hormonalized to the nth degree without going Tom Prince.
That there is the problem, black people tend to think stress is "

" and don't pay attention to it. I prided myself in "biting off more than I could chew, and chewing like hell", when in fact it was effing me up. You have to understand the mentality, is because of Slavery...and not bend nor breaking under stress...Which is one of the reasons why mental health is taboo in the black community as well. You are taught to just deal with it and persevere...
Blacks being disproportionately in bbing is a result of the Ferrari v Toyota example I gave...but, that is not to say that they will not have problems in the future---I suspect the reason why Capriese Murray was force to stop competing was possibly due to the strain on the kidneys---he said that he had to retire due to high reasons
Drug abuse, I don't know the stats, but many poor blacks get into for "escapism" reasons to deal with the stress...
But, i neither used drugs, but high blood pressure runs in my family, and I have been slim all my life, and very active...
The fact is the high protein diets, along with high sodium, dispropotionately affect blacks far more---possibly due to not going to get check out, and having shitty diets