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Book details
  • Genre:HEALTH & FITNESS
  • SubGenre:Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition
  • Language:English
  • Pages:248
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543971675

We Are Not the Same

The Melanin Lifestyle Guide for Nutrition, Mental, and Spiritual Well-Being

by Shaneequewa Samuels

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Overview
This book is for those on a quest to find out what diet is the best for melanin dominant individuals, who have the highest percentage of heart disease and diabetes in America. These diseases are wiping us out one and there seems be no specific reason from the medical community. The reason is because you have melanin and must learn how different you are from every other race.
Description
For centuries, the medical institution has ignored the specific bio-chemical makeup of Hispanic and African people who have the highest melanin content. This is a complete breakdown of how to cleanse your body of disease for the beginner and the advanced person. You will have sample meals to assist you with changing your lifestyle. For specific, ailments there will be all natural treatments that you can perform at home. You will also have access to my food shopping list which will greatly assist you on the journey back to health for the future. Along with change of diet, there is a section on the history of black and brown people in America and how it has shaped our eating habits today. It is very important to learn our story and to reverse the self-hate that has been instilled in black and brown people all over the world. This is necessary for our children because they need to know who they were prior to colonization. Mental ingestion of bad information is equally detrimental as ingestion of poor-quality foods. In the final section of this book, you will learn how to slow down your thoughts to heal from within which is essential to reversing dis-ease in the body. All physical disease manifest from thoughts. This information is available and beneficial for all races, but it is especially beneficial for people of color.
About the author
Shaneequewa Samuels is a level one certified holistic, nutritional counselor. In 2009, she adopted a lifestyle of fasting, clean eating, and eating raw vegan diets, after having several inconclusive test results during 2008. She was disconnected from everything that could bring her body back into balance. After ten years of researching and experimenting, she figured out what diet was the most efficient for people of color.