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WARNING: Tom’s of Maine “Natural” Toothpaste contains MSG…

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From the Melanated Man:
Connecting  to my previous post ED vs EL: What is Monosodium Glutamate (or MSG?) , I want to advise anyone who is using this PARTICULAR brand of toothpaste that it contains MSG in it. Don’t be fooled by the “Natural” label because it’s FAR from it.

The culprits within the inactive ingredient list:

-“natural flavor”

-carrageenan

 

Commercial toothpaste such as these will enhance your tastebuds to consume the sweets (artificial sweets, WHITE SUGAR) that we are hooked on, keeping dentists in business. 

 

It would probably be in your best interest to ditch ALL commercial toothpaste and go homemade. Don’t pay any attention to what they are advertising on the product.

If you didn’t make it, PLEASE ALWAYS BE SKEPTICAL OF IT!

If you REFUSE to do-it-yourself, I would recommend Dr. Sebi’s brand of toothpaste, even though it may be pricey.

 

It’s $25, but probably worth it!

 

I’m going to personally lookup some recipes for homemade toothpaste and will share them with you in the future.

 

In the meantime, STAY CONSCIOUS!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

ED vs EL: Parent-approved holidays for Child Drug Use

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Just Say NO!

 

 

From The Melanated Man:

 

This is going to be short and sweet like *sugar. Yes sugar.

White sugar.

This post is sort of the prelude to the in-depth discussion I will have on sugar later. But have you wondered how people have addictions, for instance drug addictions, later in their adult life? Well it starts at an young age.

Like when you are baby.

Sugar is a government-approved drug just like *caffeine and aspartame. Any substance extracted from it’s natural and intended plant is a DRUG. That’s a little preview to the post on sugar that is on the way. Something to think on.

And as parents we let our kids have free reign to all of the chocolate, candy, cakes, AND sweet beverages they can get their hands, especially these times of the year:

 

Their Birthdays

            

 

Easter

 

 

Halloween

 

Thanksgiving

 

Christmas

  

 

 

Mardi Gras (for those familiar with it from Mobile, AL)

 

…AND every other day when we want to keep them quiet or when they have done something good.

We figure it’s OK to allow our child to partake of some treats ( or tricks!) so they can get a ARTIFICIAL HIGH!

But just like any HIGH you are gonna want to increase the level of potency. And it may not necessarily lead to actual drug use such crack cocaine or heroin, *but there are MANY other addictions besides that.

What is it that we are teaching our kids, these black-melanated kids, regarding their food consumption, and consumption IN GENERAL at an early age?

 

Let’s wise up, peoples!

 

 

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

 

         

 

 

Food for Thought: Oprah is promoting the food that’s killing us!!!

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By the Melanated Man from the cell phone…

As I type this post, I’m watching this show on OWN called “Welcome to Sweetie Pies” and it caused me to have a thought. I detest the TV these days, but I’m watching it with family who are still unconscious (hate to say that.) But anyway, you may have heard of the show. The show is broadcasted by the Oprah Winfrey Network. Here is a brief synopsis from OWN.com:

Robbie Montgomery was one of the original backup singers for Ike and Tina Turner in the 1960s. After her professional singing career ended, Montgomery — who is known as Miss Robbie — took her mother’s soul-food recipes, which had been passed down through generations, and created Sweetie Pie’s, an iconic St. Louis soul-food restaurant that now has two locations. This docu-series follows Miss Robbie as she prepares to open a third restaurant with the help of her son and business partner, Tim. With all of the business dealings going on, Tim and his girlfriend are busy preparing for their wedding and the birth of their first child. Miss Robbie, who is in her 70s and has never been married, also looks for love.

If I’ve learned anything from the tel-lies-vision (stole that one!) is that it only leads to destroying black-melanated people, aside from the fact the damn thing puts out radiation and artificial light that’s physically killing us.

This show epitomes our struggle with the STANDARD soul food dish, or death food. And our very OWN (no pun intended) capitalizes off it. The *vegetables are overcooked with no life whatsoever. The legalized drug sugar is dumped in the desserts like peach cobbler, sweet potato pie, THE SWEET TEA, etc. And the *meat…well hey! The powers that be are promoting our demise (surprise, surprise!)

You and I have eaten this food most of our life. We know the shit (because that’s what it is) is addicting.

Isn’t Oprah all for her peeps? If you’re reading this blog, you should know the answer to that question.

Happy thoughts to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

*I haven’t been thorough on why meat (ALL MEAT) and overcooked veggies is so destructive to our bodies but a future post is coming it. Promise!

Food for Thought: “Elevate!”

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elevate (verb) definition from Dictionary.com:

1. to move or raise to a higher place or position;

2. lift up, to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt, promote;

3. to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level

 

From the Melanated Man:

I know a woman. She is 94 years old, the matriarch of her family. Beautiful family. She would tell her sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, and even great-grandsons and granddaughters that they should “elevate” themselves. I was thinking the other day how unique of encouragement that is to tell your loved ones. That a powerful statement! But I do have a couple questions:

-How can one person elevate themselves when they eat so much dead waste?

-How can a person elevate when their emotions and behavioral patterns mimic the dead mammals (MEAT) they partake of at the dinner table daily?

-How can a person elevate when they only use 10% of their brain (or so we have been told?)

-How can a person, who is black (melanated), think of elevating themselves when their spirituality is being abused by “religion?”

Just some food for thought…