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Rest in Peace to a Prince…

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From the Melanated Man:

 

Rarely I keep up with the entertainment news due to the reason of *WHO is in control of it. But when an major icon, a MAJOR black-melanated icon, passes away too soon that is MAJOR news in my eyes.

The artist formerly known as Prince passed away yesterday from bouts with the flu. He was ONLY 57. Some people don’t believe the flu ( or influenza) killed Prince, even though there are people who die from the flu yearly. I have heard people say that his immune system may have been weakened by an unannounced case of cancer or diabetes, with the flu pushing off the edge. He has been on record saying that he battles with *epilepsy, a very serious neurological disease that is nothing to play with.

And Prince was a *VEGETARIAN!!! REALLY?! That means he was SOMEWHAT health conscious, right?

(Which begs the question…I wonder what KIND of  vegetarian Prince really was?)

The fact that Prince had to go outside of the black-melanated community for medical care and advice is a problem. We can’t take care of ourselves.

The fact that their (Western, Caucasian medical philosophy) care and advice is considered CARE and ADVICE for us is THE PROBLEM. We don’t KNOW HOW to take care of ourselves.

People can speculate whether he was killed underhandedly by another entity and it may be a cover up of some sorts. And it may be true; we will never know.

But I can honestly see that it wouldn’t have been necessary. Prince took *MEDICATION (which is poison) so he can hurry back to touring so he please the Massa…I mean the masses. The medication could have mistakenly or unmistakably  interacted with his epilepsy and with him being alone in a elevator, he could have had a seizure with no help around and died.

That is entirely possible. We trust and lay with the enemy and their medical machinations, we perish. Sooner or later.

Just like Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, etc.,etc., etc.!!!!

All for the sake of *ENTERTAINMENT. Or shall I say *MENTAL DETAINMENT.

Working for our MASTERS; to keep our minds OCCUPIED.

 

 

Prince  wrote and sung beautiful music beloved across the globe. He was special, and shouldn’t have had to go outside of his community for medical assistance.

He fought, then gained total control of his brand. That made him an enemy to the music industry, but now an unmistakable ally with his death and the billions AND BILLIONS of dollars he is going to make them now. We shouldn’t allow our people to be used like a rag doll for another man’s survival and purpose.

 

Let’s keep educating ourselves people…on OURSELVES, inside AND out!

 

Thank you for your contribution Prince, and may the Creator bless you in the afterlife! We love you!

 

 

Peace and love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

*Future post

 

Note to my Followers from the ‘Man’

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From the Melanated Man:

 

If you are wondering why I have been doing so many posts on food lately, that is where my mind is at the moment. In the next week or two I  will begin to get back into melanin, metaphysics, and much, MUCH more! I hope you are getting something out of these posts, if not, I know I am. It’s been a liberating experience for me. My goal is to shine my light  so your light can shine as well. 

 

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

Food for Thought: The Chore of Grocery Shopping

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From the Melanated Man:

 

I was grocery shopping at Wal-Mart (smh) the other day and I was browsing through the aisles getting the items I normally get for my family and myself. I checked out the ingredients on some of the items that I had  for my wife and kids (because of course, I eat only FRESH PRODUCE now) and began to become depressed. There were a couple of items that I was considering buying for myself (some almond milk, please!) and I put it back on the shelf because of the EXCESS ingredients in these items.

Trust me, I have cravings for some cereal (organic corn flakes, I mind you) or a nice fruit smoothie with almond milk. That doesn’t sound bad, right?

Well if you consider how many ingredients are in almond milk then you will understand why I placed it back in the freezer.

 

SIX INGREDIENTS FOR UNSWEETENED ALMOND MILK!! REALLY?!

 

VERY disappointed.

What CAN I eat these days?

Now I understood a while ago food that is pre-packaged, not fresh, or self grown is 100% of the time a RISK to eat, let alone buy it. Habits die hard and it took me awhile to overcome eating it myself.

Now I  battle with buying the shit for my loved ones with full knowledge of the damage it could cause them. My wife, of course has to make the decision to change in her own time.

My baby girls… they don’t know any better.The Oreos, Tombstone Pizza, the Skittles and M&Ms..

It KILLS me. And at times I feel I have failed them. It’s never too late. Although they’ve grown accustomed to the ARTIFICIAL, I will do everything in my power to guide them in the right direction.

If you don’t have a farm or *your own garden, PLEASE STAY CONSCIOUS during your grocery excursions.

Look out for your family’s best interest…

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

*Future post

 

Food For Thought: Read the Ingredient List!

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Ingredients for Hamburger Helper

 

 

From the Melanated Man:

 

For those of you who only check out how many calories are in your food so you can shed some pounds, it may be best to do a double take for that ingredient list. You are doing yourself a great disservice if you don’t.

You should know at this point that I STRONGLY recommend eating foods that preferably  have ONE ingredient, which is the food itself, such as an apple or head of cabbage

ONLY THE FRESH PRODUCE BABY!

But if you HAVE to get foods in a can, carton, box, or bag, the rule of thumb is to buy prepackaged foods with NO MORE that three (3) ingredients. Most likely than not they don’t contain preservatives and additives. The task is DAMN near impossible to pull off, even with prepackaged organic foods sold at ORGANIC supermarkets. But it’s doable and you have to be CONSCIOUS of it (I’m not perfect either, but I’m improving.)

Notice the Hamburger Helper ingredient list above. It lists AT LEAST 26 ingredients, with Monosodium Glutamate (*or MSG) listed as one of them.

And you thought MSG was only in Chinese food, right?

One word of advice…DON’T TRUST FOODS WITH INGREDIENT LISTS YOU CAN’T COMPREHEND!!

Even your spices and herbs.

If you don’t have passing knowledge of chemistry, LEAVE THE SHIT ALONE!

Trust me, foods like the Hamburger Helper picture above will definitely kill you, physically AND *metaphysically.

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future post

 

Some examples of SAFE prepackaged foods: Skinny Pop,  olive oil flavored Boulder Chips, Wild Oats Green Beans

 

         

 

 

What Sparked My Transformation (Part 3)

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Feeling like Superman

 

 

Refer to previous posts: What Sparked My Transformation (Part 1)

What Sparked My Transformation (Part 2)

 

 

From the Melanated Man:

 

So now we are back in Atlanta. With this newfound knowledge and purpose for my life.

As I mentioned earlier I lost over 70 pounds on our return and my relationship with my spouse was great. I promised myself I would never revert back to the old habits that I had prior to leaving for Florida.

At this point I wasn’t eating any meat but I was still hanging on the fence about removing it totally from my diet. And I was taking in more fruits and vegetables then I ever had in my life up to this point. I was also cutting out more foods that I learned did not add but subtracted  from my health overall.   I was hovering around 200 pounds and only needed to lose 25 more pounds to reach my original goal of 175 pounds.

 

Regarding my job situation…

Of course I was still with my first job  and I wasn’t making any money due in part that projects were few and far in between considering the firm is young and black-owned. My manager and I were still having our conversations so my relationship and unpaid time with the firm felt like a gain because what I didn’t receive in a steady paycheck I gained with invaluable information that I wouldn’t have gained anywhere else.

(Plus I had BOTH of my children at the house, taking care of them. I have thoroughly took pleasure in being a FULL-TIME DAD. That sounds better)

 

Our conversations inspired my continuance to read and learn…

My knowledge-based had increased exponentially. I started off learning about how black folks should eat, and I moved on into melanin, metaphysics, and dabbling in cosmology and astrology.

At the same time I had moved away from Christianity, becoming more a FREE thinker (sorry, mom, it wasn’t working for me.)

The hobbies that I used to enjoy as a kid up into young adulthood (sports, watching TV, playing video games, and OF COURSE eating) I began to enjoy  them less and less.

I became LESS emotional about life and everything that has happened in MY life.

I became calm. My INsight became clearer. I have internal peace.

It feels goooood!

 

BECAUSE of this transformation that started with my weight and my eating habits, I became THIS person that I never knew existed within myself.

 

After an attempt to eat some home-cooked fried chicken one September afternoon (mind you after taking the 90-day fast from meat, the longest of my life) my days of consuming animal flesh were finished. My body showed me the LIGHT by taking more than 36 hours to digest it, causing me to feel sore ALL over my body the entire time (funny how I remember every single detail from that event?!)

I ran my first 5K run on Thanksgiving Day, the day a majority of black-melanated people consume themselves with extreme amount dead waste or DEATH.  I followed that up with a 10k recently this past March. I never saw myself ever doing such a thing.

My immediate AND extended family  have started to take notice of this transformation.

The first time I lost weight it did not make that much of any impact to those around me because the changes I made were not SIGNIFICANT.

Only ate less of the same shit and worked out hard as hell.

AND I didn’t lose over 100 POUNDS (and counting!) the last time either.

My peoples ask me all the time what I have done this time around that was different from last time. I tell them…

And they applaud me. As for implementing it into their own lives…nope. I love them regardless.

That let’s me know how much work that needs to be done. It gives me purpose and incentive to keep pressing on, fighting the good fight!

 

The more conscious I have become regarding this current paradigm of living, the more I want to implement into my own life to protect myself and the people I love. My relationships with my loved ones have been altered because of it, starting with my wife.

 

My wife is probably my biggest supporter regarding my transformation. She has been there from the beginning and has seen the changes that have occurred from Day 1. When I changed my eating habits it threw her for a loop because she wasn’t used to it (and still isn’t to some degree.) Plus I was the one doing all of the cooking so when my cooking habits became healthier; it caused an uproar.

In my mind I was making changes that could be beneficial for not only me but for her and the kids.

She’s a doctor. I thought THAT would make sense to her.

But doctors are human too.

In her mind, she felt like the joy was being taken away from the marriage. That was something we had in common. Something we ENJOYED  together. Now that commonality was being taken away.

Things have improved over time regarding this situation; even though at times I think she misses the old me of days past. It’s a work in progress. Now as far as the how the kids SHOULD eat and taken care of in general, that’s a another topic for another post.

One battle at a time, right?

Now this situation can applied any other of my (and yours) family members and loved ones.

Remember I am just talking about EATING THE RIGHT WAY with them.

I haven’t touched on the OTHER knowledge that I have obtained as well.

It  has led me to creating this blog. I have so much I want to share with people, especially my family and loved ones, that a conversation here and there won’t suffice.

I don’t believe that I have all of the answers to the problems that plague black-melanated folk.

I don’t believe that my perspective is the only perspective either.

But I do think there are MANY people I know and don’t know that can relate in some form or fashion on the perspective of EATING. About 99.9% of the people I know, skinny and big, have had problems with health and eating according to their biology. Although we know about the health issues plaguing the black-melanated community, we as a people still underrate it tremendously.

So I think I know a little bit about eating and being health conscious. I have the personal experience and I have been through the fire of losing weight twice. I’m confident to say I AM an expert in that arena and I can help others who need help.

 

But the journey BEYOND just eating according to your biology, you may not be ready for.

You may not be concerned with  learning about the pseudosciences (according to Western, Caucasian thought) of melanin, metaphysics, astrology, and cosmology  and you have this grand awakening.

You may not be willing to question the validity of religion.

You may not be ready to give up those vices that could be hindering your growth.

You may not think the powers-that-be want to destroy you INSIDE  AND OUT.

I can’t force you to see what I see. I will continue to share with you and maybe ENLIGHTENMENT will happen within yourself.

That choice is yours whether or not you you want to open your eyes (or that THIRD EYE) and go deeper down the rabbit hole.

Nevertheless I love you!

 

 

Peace and Love  to my melanated family, blood and not blood (lol!),

The Melanated Man

 

P.S. My current weight as I type this post is between 165-170 lbs. I think I’m shooting for 140, but to be honest my ultimate goal is to eat the way I SHOULD eat only to sustain myself. Doesn’t matter how small I get as long as I adhere to that principle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Poem: “Ye I Walk Through the Valley…” (from a Eating Perspective)

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From the Melanated Man:

 

 

Ye I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…

 

I shall bypass all restaurants aptly named Church’s Chicken and KFC,

That’s Kentucky Fried Chicken for the uninitiated.

Not to mention the infamous Mickey D’s and Burger King,

As well as the local Wendy’s and Krystal’s, or White Castle for you Mid-westerners!

 

I shall re-calibrate my tastebuds to the nearest fresh market,

And partaketh of the those fresh tomatoes and field peas,

Of that juicy, ripe honeydew melon and oranges with their seeds intact,

Celebrating all the Creator has given me through Mother Nature.

 

No GMO or processed crap, just NATURAL!

 

I shall honor the cow, the pig, the fowl of the sea, and especially the chicken,

For they are living creatures with uninhabited  ambition such as myself.

Never again shall I consume of dead blood,

What is killed for my nourishment will inevitably bring death to my existence.

 

 I shall say to self, “Disregard Longhorn’s and Outback with their well-done New York strip steaks,

Abstain from those scrumptious pork ribs brought to you by Jim ‘N Nicks,

Turn your nose up to some fried catfish from Pappadeaux’s,

And last but not least, deny  yourself some delectable, crispy chicken legs from good ole Popeye’s!”

 

I shall be thankful for SWEETS: a SWEET apple, a SWEET mango, and a SWEEEET watermelon!

I shall be grateful for GREEN: GREEN beans, GREEN peas, and COLLARD GREENS!

For they bring thanksgiving to my living body, spirit, and soul.

 

I SHALL NOT consume of those fruits that bear no seeds,

I SHALL NOT overcook and kill the GREEN of my food, 

For they hold the  light and truth that is imperative to my beautiful, melanated vessel.

 

Ye I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food for Thought: Cleaning the Food Off the Table…

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From the Melanated Man:

 

 

One day I was cleaning the mess of food my little ones made off the kitchen table.

Then I had I thought.

I was using chemicals to clean food residue from the kitchen table.

This may not seem like a big deal to you but it hit home with me. If the food we eat regularly is not harmful to us, why in the hell do we need Lysol and Clorox to wipe away its leftover residue?

We are suppose to eat natural, organic, healthy food then there should be no need for cleaning chemicals. I GUARANTEE that there would not be any stains on the table.

So what is the NONSENSE that we are eating that it requires the use of cleaning chemicals to be wiped away?

Please tell me I’m not the only one that sees the issue…

ED vs EL: Cut Out the Middle Man! Foods Besides Animal Flesh That Contain Protein

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From the Melanated Man:

Revert to this post for more information: ED vs. EL: Eating Meat, Huh?!

 

For those of you who are wondering about how you are going to get your protein if you don’t eat animal flesh, there are many, MANY other foods besides meat that contain the protein that you need. As I mentioned previously, where do the animals we eat get their protein from?

They don’t have this special type of protein in their muscles that is essential to our welfare. But everything is a choice.

I can’t make you stop eating meat; most people find enjoyment in eating dead blood. But I DIGRESS…

Here is a list of foods with high protein:

Vegetables

 

Spinach

  • Spinach
  • Kale
  • Broccoli
  • Garbanzo Beans (Hummus)
  • Green Peas
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Raw Peanuts
  • Soybeans
  • Corn
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Millet
  • Lentils
  • Navy Beans
  • Black beans
  • Edamame
  • Quinoa
  • Almonds
  • Chia seeds
  • Amaranth
  • Artichokes
  • Pumpkin seeds
  • Black-eye peas
  • Asparagus
  • Tahini
  • Sprulina

 

 

Fruits

 

Guava

 

  • Guava
  • Mulberries
  • Blackberries
  • Starfruit
  • Apricots
  • Kumquats
  • Nectarines
  • Grapefruit
  • Cantaloupe
  • Peaches
  • Raspberries
  • Passion Fruit
  • Currants
  • Strawberries
  • Pomegranate
  • Oranges
  • Watermelon
  • Kiwi fruit (Gold)
  • Jackfruit
  • Cherries
  • Honeydew melon
  • Avocado
  • Bananas

 

We have to do our own personal research instead of accepting everything that is given to us by our doctors, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States of Agriculture,  etc., etc. There is enough foods besides animal flesh we can eat that has the protein that we need.

I know that fried chicken is DAMNNN GOOD!! But is it worth taking years off your life? The choice is yours.

 

Peace and love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

Reference:  https://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/fruits-high-in-protein.php,l;

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/vegan-sources-of-protein/;

Afrika, Llaila. African Holistic Health. Copyright, 2009.

 

 

 

Word that begin with EN: Enslave (Part 2)

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Refer to previous post: Word that begin with EN: Enslave (Part 1)

 

From the Melanated Man:

 

We understand the deeper, more metaphysical meaning of the term enslave. No one can force you into slavery or any other compromising situation unless you voluntarily give them your power. That’s a cold hard fact of life. People, especially black-melanated people, have to realize that.

You and I make choices every minute and second, every day. Granted, we may live in world, or MATRIX, where the choices are automatically presented to us, which require no authentic thought. But it is our responsibility to self-educate ourselves and look deeper at the choices that are given to us on a platter. We have to ALWAYS ask question. That is when you are your CONSCIOUS SELF. When you are not your CONSCIOUS SELF,  you are UNCONSCIOUS, liable to make decisions against your best interests, and thus, you enslave yourself.

I understand that we have car notes, mortgages,credit cards, power, water, cell phones, and many other bills to pay but you enslave (and in-debt) to these items thinking it IMPROVES your life. I thought God our Creator gave us EVERYTHING we needed from the beginning? Are these THINGS/MATERIALS/DEVICES really improving our lives? Or are we just keeping up with the Joneses, or as the Good Book would say, “covet thy neighbor’s house?” One for our own ENSLAVEMENT!

We spend hundreds of millions of our dollars eating food mass produced by another person we may never meet face-to-face, not once questioning the validity of the fool…I mean food…OR the person we bought it from. Why is it that we have become so MODERN and CIVILIZED that we refuse to grow our own food that benefits our biology and anatomy? “Because we are ALL THE SAME.” ENSLAVED again!

We choose to participate in a government that time and time again has screwed black-melanated people over from the beginning of its inception, and yet we scream and shout, “YES WE CAN!” Did we not learn anything from the Civil Rights Movement, the biggest setup/trick concocted by the powers that be to get us in the loop? “Lincoln and the Union fought for our freedom.” Did they really? “The United States is the greatest country on the planet!” SLAVE!!

We put our faith in belief systems (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.) whose origins we are not even familiar with. Origins go way beyond what the pastor, minister, priest or whomever we listen to preach to us. Wasn’t RELIGION used against the indigenous (like Native Africans) to steal from them and kill them in the process? Isn’t the religion that was so generously given to us by our colonizers the VERY same thing we created thousands and thousands of years ago? Now what are we really BELIEVING in? Do our RELIGION(S) truly benefit us concerning true enlightenment and growth?

We are STILL enslaved.

(I’m not advocating we have our OWN, in a sense we act/behave just like our EXTERNAL oppressors did us, only just among ourselves. No Black Capitalism, no Black Supremacy.)

 

How can we free ourselves from OURSELVES?

First step we need to question whether the lives we are living are doing our souls a favor. Are we really gaining anything from this MATERIALISTIC paradigm? Where is our enlightenment in all of this?

The next step is to learn about ourselves. Learn from our ancestors, the people we descend from. Read the right books that informs us of our history (I have a suggested list on the way.) As individuals we need to learn more about the talents and skills we can offer among ourselves to build the WHOLE. Each and every one of us has gifts bestowed to us by the Creator that should be useful for our RISE. We need to learn the power of meditation and prayer, for we know the answers we seek lie within.

Then we must put that knowledge to action. Have it in our hearts that the way we must live and proper is only for OWN benefit. That should be enough INSPIRATION, to use our gifts to fight and protect OUR way of life.

If we don’t live as the Creator saw fit for the MOST NATURAL BEING TO THIS PLANET , we will continue to enslave ourselves to another’s way of living and we will soon perish, which is what is currently underway.

 

WE MUST UNSHACKLE OURSELVES FROM THIS MATRIX!!

 

Peace and love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

P.S. Don’t worry, I got more posts coming your way regarding all that I discussed above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ED vs EL: Vegetables have Life/Light as Well

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From the Melanated Man:

 

 

I think most people realize that overcooking your vegetables is not ideal. I remember the broccoli that I used to eat in school would look just LIKE what is pictured to the right above.

I wonder if it was cooked that way intentionally?

All of the nutrients that are in the vegetables BEFORE they are cooked dies our when they are overcooked. So when you consume your overcooked vegetables not only does it NOT help your body but it also puts your digestive system under unnecessary stress and duress.

That’s what we call empty calories. It’s like the body is working for free: all give, no take home pay.

Eating empty calories doesn’t only apply to overcooked vegetables (*starches, anyone) but this post is focusing on that.

And the worst part about the situation is when you consume of food with empty calories, you are still HUNGRY!!

But we go back and consume more of the same overcooked vegetables…

 

Overcooked collard greens! I know they are good…

 

Sounds like your annual Thanksgiving doesn’t it?

How often do you see a fresh salad our some lightly cooked asparagus or green beans on the platter for the holidays? As Katt Williams would say, “don’t worry, I’ll wait!”

We boil our vegetables in water far too long, with MEAT and/or LARD for seasoning, as well as any other seasoning that may contain monosodium glutamate, or *MSG (no thank you on the Lawry’s.)

But hey, when are only doing what we have been taught to do, and has been passed down since slavery days. *The way we are cooking and eating is one of the most important and overlooked issues in our own ENSLAVEMENT!

But I digress. Let’s keep it simple right now; let’s get back to the overcooked vegetables.

 

The CANNED GOOD overcooked vegetables…

You are not doing yourself any favors by consuming these…

 

 

Empty Calorie City!!!

You might as well eat dog shit. Canned vegetables/goods have so many preservatives and additives,not to mention the  fact the food is overcooked. If you are not sure about this, let me repeat: PRESERVATIVES AND ADDITIVES THAT IS PUT IN YOUR FOOD IS NOT GOOD OR NATURAL TO YOUR BODY!

Are we really trying to kill people(*depopulate is a better word) when we have these canned food drives for the *homeless and needy?

My gut (no pun intended) is leading to me to say HELL YEAH!

 

From a metaphysical perspective, the vegetables contain the SUNLIGHT your body and soul needs (ever heard of photosynthesis?) The melanin that you, black-melanated man/woman, have needs that sunlight, and if you are not receiving it from the SUN itself (*which you can), you have to get it from secondary sources like your veggies.

The sun provides your vegetables ALL of the minerals and nutrients to that your body needs (PHOTOSYNTHESIS!)

(As I mentioned before, if we all we need is the sunlight for our minerals and nutrients, then are eating vegetables really that necessary? Is eating at all necessary? Just something to ponder on..)

You are doing yourself a disservice by cooking your vegetables to DEATH. We eat death, we produce dead and insignificant lives…and ultimately a dead soul.

And I repeat…WE ARE WHAT WE CONSUME!!

 

So if we are cooking our veggies, we can lightly saute them with a little *sea salt and with a pinch of grapeseed oil.(Personally I use olive oil for my sauteed vegetables, but I’m probably going to move away from that because its advised not to heat olive oil for it’s not good for your body. I’m learning, too.) You can steam your vegetables as well. And if you want to really get bold with it, it them raw. I have eaten some of my veggies raw and they’re not half bad. You have to RETRAIN your tastebuds to get to that point, and it takes time. This not a overnight thing.

 

Eat more vegetables! Let me rephrase that: eat more lightly cooked, steamed, and/or raw vegetables.

 

 

NEXT: Starches, Oils and the SUGARS: Are they REALLY Necessary?

 

*Future Post