Healthy food includes medication

Healthy food includes medication

Foods are of different shapes and taste, so who put therein beauty, sweetness, health, and cure? Allah (may He be Exalted) says: "And eat and drink but waste not by extravagance" [Surat Al A`raf: 31].

Allah (may He be Exalted) says: "And in the earth are neighbouring tracts, and gardens of vines, and green crops (fields), and date-palms, growing into two or three from a single stem root, or otherwise (one stem root for every palm), watered with the same water; yet, some of them We make more excellent than others to eat. Verily, in these things there are Ayât (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs) for the people who understand." [Surat Ar-Ra`d: 4].

Allah (Exalted be He) says: "And it is He Who produces gardens trellised and untrellised, and date-palms, and crops of different shape and taste (their fruits and their seeds) and olives, and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in taste)." [Surat Al An`am: 141].

From one earth and soil Allah created all kinds of food with different colors, shapes, and taste, so who put therein beauty, sweetness, health, and cure? Who is the one who inspired bees to eat from all fruits then get out pure honey palatable to drinkers. ""Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)." There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for a people who think." [Surat An-Nahl: 69].

From a single cell Allah created the children of Adam, and made for them hearings, sights, sensual, dynamic, digestive, and circulatory systems besides thousand of graces all these blessings to worship, unify, and thank Him and to bear the trust which Allah burdened us with to offer goodness to the people, help the needy, and do all good and charitable work because Allah (may He be Exalted) commanded us with benevolence and perfection in everything and commanded us to work and perfect our work because work is kind of worship. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) loved the hands that do good. Allah (Exalted be He) says: "Indeed there was for Saba' (Sheba) a sign in their dwelling-place - two gardens on the right hand and on the left; (and it was said to them:) "Eat of the provision of your Lord, and be grateful to Him."" [Surat Saba': 15].

What is food?

The perfect nutrition is that which provides one's body with the adequate amount of energy needed for the involuntary and volitional activities as well as components needed to maintain, build, and renew its tissues. Perfect nutrition is one of the most important cause for good health because malnutrition leads to bad health and diseases.

Functions of food:

One of the most important functions of food is growth. A child needs nutrition to grow up and food generates heat resulted from the burning of foodstuff. Generating energy in order to perform the functions of life is one of the most important functions of nutrition. In case of malnutrition, the body consumes its own tissues, reduces its weight, and becomes slim.

Nutrition renews the body tissues, compensates the lost cells, and builds new cells. Nutrition gives the body the necessay components, as it has an effective role in resisting infection and raising the immunity of the body against different diseases by creating anti-infection bodies to work against different germs, as food contains vitamins necessary for the vitality and soundness of the body.

Components of perfect food:

Perfect food contains carbohydratic and proteinaceous substances, fats, vitamins, minerals and water.

Carbohydratic substances:

Such as: Sugar, honey, jam, and glucide fruits, such as: grapes, dates, cane and others, as it includes bread, rice, macaroni and potatoes.

Carbohydrates gives the body heat and the necessary energy and preserves the rate of sugar in blood, as it is necessay for the completion of burning fats.

An adults needs almost 300 grams per day up to 500 grams in case of work.

Protein (Synovial):

It has animal resources such as: meat, fish, eggs, milk, and vegetable resources, such as: Beans, lentils, beans, and haricot bean.

Protein substances build tissues and compensate the damaged cells.

An adult needs of approximately 100 grams of protein per day, or 1.5 grams for each kilogram of the body weight.

Children under the age of six need 4 grams per kilo of their body weight, and at the age of six, they need 2 grams per kilo of their body weight.

Animal proteins should be increased for children, pregnant, and nursing women to increase the body's need in these stages.

Fats:

They also have animal resources, such as: fatty meats, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, butter, cream, ghee, and also vegetable resources, such as: olive oil, corn, and others.

These substances facilitate digestion as it is necessary for the absorption of vitamins that dissolve in fatty substances, such as: vitamin A, D. Moreover, fatty substances are stored in the body and provide the body with energy at necessary.

Vitamins:

They are found to varying degrees in different foods, such as: milk, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes.

Some diseases happen due to lack of vitamins:

Lack of vitamin A causes dry skin, night blindness, weak body's resistance to infection.

Lack of vitamin B causes inflammation of the nerves, and the roughness of the skin, nerves, and digestive disorder.

Lack of vitamin C causes susceptibility to bleeding, and poor resistance to infection.

Lack of vitamin D causes rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

Vitamin E cause infertility and atrophy of muscles.

Mineral salts:

Such as: Salt, salts of calcium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, copper, magnesium, etc., which are found in foods such as milk, eggs, meat, vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, calcium and phosphorus entering in the composition of bones and teeth, and help in organizing the vital processes of the body.

Iron enters in the composition of red blood cells, prevents anemia, and it deficiency leads to inactivity, laziness, weakness and inability to make any effort.

Salt is important for regulating blood pressure and muscle contraction, and in severe cases of sweat as in bakeries, you should increase the proportion of salt in food; because it is excreted through sweat, and causes a fall for those exposed to heat and sweating.

Water:

Water is from the necessary materials that the body can not do without.

Water is the medium in which all life processes are done, such as: digestion, absorption, and secretion of saliva, tears, and stomach, etc., water keeps on blood pressure, and by which the kidneys do their functions to get rid of toxins through urination; the proportion of water in the body is 70%.

How to choose your food?

Good food contains milk or its products because it contains protein and vitamins necessary for body building.

Meat and beans have other major resources of proteins, salts, minerals, some vitamins, vegetables, and fruits contain mineral salts and vitamins, and contain fiber that prevents constipation; and eating fresh vegetables is better.

Good food contains starchy, sugary, and fatty foods.

Terms of healthy food:

A health food should contain all nutritive components that are necessary for the body by amounts appropriate to the needs of a person. The amount should be suitable for the age and effort of a person as well as his health conditions.

Food should be clean and free of germs and harmful substances, or contaminating to the environment. You should not eat food from street vendors, or eating food before washing it well, and dealing with it in a proper way.

Industrial flavorings, coloring, and preservatives have negative impact on the health of children because they contain harmful chemicals.

A person should not be wasteful in eating food because it affects the body and causes obesity and poor digestion. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said the truth when he said: "We are people who do not eat until we feel hungry, and if we eat, we do not eat until feeling full."

Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "And eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allâh) likes not Al-Musrifûn (those who waste by extravagance)." [Surat Al A`raf: 31].