The Life By Type Health Guide: How Stress Becomes Disease—And What Black People Can Do About It: BLOOD TYPE A EDITION (MAMA TRAY BOOKS) Hardcover – January 19, 2026

Your Doctor Won't Say It. So We Will: Racism Is Making You Sick.Chronic Kidney Disease. High Blood Pressure. Heart Failure. Diabetes.The medical system will call these "lifestyle diseases" and hand you a pamphlet about portion control. They'll blame your diet, your weight, your "choices." They won't mention:Redlining that forced your family into neighborhoods with no grocery storesWorkplace discrimination that kept your parents' stress hormones elevated for decadesEnvironmental racism that put highways, factories, and toxic waste in your zip codeMedical neglect that dismisses Black pain and underdiagnoses Black patientsThat cumulative damage has a name: Allostatic Load. And it's killing us.This guide exposes the system—and gives you the tools to fight back.Inside: → The truth about Allostatic Load: how racism becomes biology→ The four diseases decimating Black communities—and the pathway from stress to organ failure→ 25 Low-Sodium Recipes that actually taste good (because healing shouldn't be punishment)→ Health Tracking Pages: blood pressure, blood sugar, kidney markers, medications—everything you need to monitor your body and prove progressThis isn't self-care. This is self-defense.Read this book if:You're done being blamed for conditions the system createdYou want answers that include the words "racism" and "trauma"You need practical tools—not just theoryYou're ready to break the cycle in your familyThey won't protect you. So you have to protect yourself. Read more