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Diuretic 
I don't know why there's cynicism. Do any of you have a job where at any given time you might come up against an arse-clenching moment? You can feel the adrenalin dump, the nausea as you try to control the flush of hormones. Your body reacts in a definite physiological manner and that stuff has to go somewhere later or it builds up.
Same for someone from a minority who is continually living in anticipation of hostility. It might be just a look, could be a sneer or it could be a physical attack. Even if it doesn't happen the heightened ANS response is going to do things to someone's body.
So, get your heads out of your arses. This research could end up having widespread ramifications for many people regardless of race.
That is certainly one plausible explaination for these disturbing statistics.
The number on killer in America is stress, and I don't think I'm going to confuse anyone when I say being Black in America is more stressful than being White regardless of your financial situation.
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