5 Eating Habits in Islam
The religion Islam has one of the most comprehensive eating and dietary habits and one even wonders as to why all the strict rulings. This is true because the stomach is one of those bodily organs that is largely unstable in electrical terms and when there is over-eating or there is junk food ingested, this over-stresses the stomach and the organs concerned with digestion become chemically and electrically at fault. The resulting faults in the surrounding energy would not only cause alimentary and digestive disorders, but also mental disorders. Such a person would have weak and low charge energy surrounding him making him more vulnerable to unsteady fields of energy.

Islam Prohibits Over-Eating and Prescribes Good Dietary Habits
There is substantial evidence to link over-eating to numerous diseases. Islam's prescription comes to us from a tradition by Ali (AS), who said: For instance, the Prophet (S) only drank water half-hour before and after his meals, and never during meals. It is also reported in authentic traditions that he never combined certain foods and kept his intake to a minimum. He did not eat fish and yogurt together, or drink milk with fish, and he did not eat anything sour with it or immediately after it. He never mixed in the same meal two hot foods or two cold foods.

Now, we may understand the introduction of low charge energy to that person's force fields after ingesting several foods (with different chemistry, different base, different taste, and different info-energy) at once or drinking water during meals. All this creates faults within the energy system and diseases originate from here. Of course, proponents of the human energy theory firmly believe that before any chemical imbalances can take place, and before symptoms occur, the faults in the energy appear first, and this can be felt. Mixing foods with different chemistry and morphology would contain within them different info-energy as well.

From a nutritional point of view: If we eat junk food, food that has been sprayed and preserved, food that has been flavored or frozen, these foods will have confusing energy that has been adulterated, and by eating these foods we will be developing faults in our network of energy. The results of such insults to over-eating and eating preserved foods are chronic fatigue, intestinal disorders, stomach ulcers, and so forth - all because of an electrically and chemically unstable stomach brought about by our improper ingestion of food or over-eating. Islam, therefore, has advised its followers to abstain from junk food (though the religion has not made these foods forbidden), sprayed and preserved foods, etc. - foods that are un-natural.

In Elixir of Love, one of the Shaykh Rajab Ali's devotees related about him that the Shaykh was once holding a session in one of his friends' house. Before starting his talk, he felt somehow weak due to hunger and asked for some bread. The householder brought him half a loaf of bread for him to eat, and then he started the meeting. The following night he said:

Eating with Washed, Wet Hands

Washing hands before meals is yet another concept in Islam and many other religions. Further admonition is not to dry our hands and proceed to eat with wet hands. This concept is now clear because if we were to wash our hands and then dry them with a tissue/towel, we are likely to introduce low charge energy into the energy fields of our hand. This towel is normally used for many other purposes and by different people, or even tissue/towel that is clean but filled with faults from the surrounding air, or the universal energy. The unadulterated and pure info-energy of water would also be contaminated or at least altered with the infoenergy in the towel. Therefore, to eat with those hands may be unhealthy.

The Prophet (S) was also observed to draw his wet hands over his face whenever he washed his hands after eating (al-Majlisi, 1627). To maintain the higher kind of energy purity, one needs to avoid contact with towels or tissues after washing hands before eating. Physical contact with the bacteria and viruses in towels and tissues is also something to consider and the reason why many organizations including many religions advise the washing of hands before eating, but Muslims have been further recommended to refrain from drying their hands until contact with food is made.

A case in point, Muslims have also been recommended not to dry themselves after performing ablution for prayer. The higher rate of vibrations in the energy fields of the person having performed ablution should remain until the start of prayer. Water has the ability to do just that.

In modern bathrooms, there are blow-driers located (instead of tissue) and this is a much better way to dry ones hands.

Remembrance of Allah (SWT) is Prescribed Before, During, and After Eating
In the Invocation of Kumayl, Ali (AS) remarks:

Remembering Allah (SWT) and reciting several small invocations before eating have been greatly endorsed in Islam and other religions, and Muslims are supposed to perform this small act of worship before meals. Scientists have only now proven the benefits of deep breathing and relaxation (a state produced when invoking Allah (SWT) in prayer) before, during, and after meals. This practice has been well researched to increase nutrient absorption and allows the body to introduce the correct and healthy enzymes to break down the foods. True, blessings, prayer or silent contemplation before eating will improve digestion, assimilation and well being on all levels. The free flowing fields of energy and favorable info-energy released during these small episodes of prayer will undoubtedly affect the rate of absorption and elimination.

It is reported that besides washing hands, Muqaddas Ardabeli (one of the great Islamic Jurist) always performed ablution before eating. The powerful and positive effects of ablution on one's energy fields has been noted, increasing the assimilation and productivity of the food at the physical and energy level.

Eating in the Same Table where Alcohol is served is Forbidden
al-Kulayni has narrated through his chain from Abu Ja'far (AS) that he said: As Allah (SWT), Most Sublime, Most High commands us in Qur'an: al-Taba Tabai (AR) quotes az-Zamakhashari that he has written: How many spears (i.e. braves) and noble drinkers are (thrown) In the well - the well of Badr? How many nobles and feeders of humps are (here) In the well - the well of Badr? Does Ibn Abi Kabshah threaten us that we shall be made alive again? And how can (happen) the life of ghosts and skulls? Is he helpless in averting death from me? And will raise me (again) when my bones become rotten? Well, who will convey my message to the Beneficent (God) That I am abandoning the month of fast. So tell Allah to stop my drink from me, And tell Allah to stop my food from me.

The Polytheists of Quraish used this nickname for the Prophet (S) in a sneering manner. The adulterated info-energy and the negative effects on the human energy and the universal energy field from intoxicants can be further explained by narrating the following tradition from al-Ridha (AS) who has said: Drug experts describe alcohol as the most dangerous drug on earth. Water loss, vitamin deficiency and electrolyte depletion are few of the health hazards of alcohol, besides liver damage, pancreas disorders, and major psychiatric illnesses. Because of the adverse side effects of this drug and a few others, Islam has prohibited its use even in small quantities, as the drug is also addictive. The faults within the fields of energy created from ingesting such a drug is disturbing and the reason why we have a list of illnesses that are alcohol-related: Muhammad ibn Abdillah narrates from one of his companions that he said - I said to Abu Abdillah (AS) - May I be made your ransom! Why did Allah forbid the dead animal, blood and flesh of swine? He said: Apparently, Muslims have also been recommended to avoid eating where people eat and drink forbidden drinks, behave shamelessly and perform forbidden acts. The reason for this advice is clear, and is because that person would be sharing his or her info-energy with alcoholics who have disharmonious energy patterns and contaminated info-energy from the alcohol, which will contain memories of abuse and intoxication. This sharing of energy (with alcohol or alcoholics) would not only adulterate one's energy system, according to Dye (2000), but also make him weak and prone to evil, lustful desires. The mind works less convincing if its energy fields are low charged and blocked.

The same applies to all other addictive elements such as cocaine, marijuana, etc. No wonder alcohol, like music leads to other major sinful acts. Drinking alcohol is considered the mother of all vices. Using similar explanations, we shall explain how music also leads to adultery, a saying of the Prophet (S), and how truthful he was. This is another reason why the Aimmah have linked alcohol to other sinful acts.

The negative effects of alcohol at the physical and energy level in the surrounding universal energy have been well explained by Ali when he said: It is reported that in one instance the enemy of al-Naqi (AS), the Shiite Tenth Infallible (AS) was unable to pick up a glass that contained alcohol in it and wanted to give it to the Imam (AS). In other words, alcohol itself refused to be picked up and go near one of the cleanest individuals on this earth. We all have had similar experiences wherein we relate to the object in question - like a glass of water spilling on us just because it is dirty and the water does not want the person drinking it, a trip that was suddenly changed or cancelled, and so forth.

Islam Recommends Salt Before and After Each Meal
Salt is one of the best foods you can take before and after meals, and the recommendation by the Prophet (S) is very current and important. It is reported that the Prophet (S) always used to have salt before and after meals, and he said that a person who does this act is protected from 70 types of diseases (curses), among which leprosy is the minor one. Islam made this calling because of the benefits of salt (sodium chloride) to the physiology and the human energy system, in particular when taken before and after meals, when it has the most merit during the digestion process.

Without salt we cannot live. Salt ensures the transmission of electrical nerve impulses to and from the brain and the contractions of the heart and other muscles. Salt is necessary to the flow of nutrients around the body and is vital to the digestion of food. This help in digestion is what we need during meals. Salt stimulates the sensory nerve endings on the tongue to prepare your system for digestion, and increases the rate of absorption.

Sodium is also a principal component of a person's internal environment, the extra-cellular fluid. Nutrients reach your body's cells through these fluids. Sodium facilitates many bodily functions including fluid volume and acid base balance. Sodium enables the transmission of nerve impulses around the body. It is an electrolyte, and like potassium, calcium and magnesium it regulates electrical charges moving in and out of cells in the body.

Chloride, too, is essential to good health and is a fundamental element in the digestion process. It preserves acid-base balance in the body. It aids potassium absorption. It supplies the essence of hydrochloric acid used in the stomach to help us to breakdown and digest the food we eat and controls the level of bacteria present in the stomach.

A case in point, the main reason why we have medical doctors and health-care professionals restraining the general community from consuming salt is that it may cause or exacerbate high blood pressure. Unfortunately, the problem is not in the Prophet's advice, but with the advancement in food processing and preserving technology, and we have too much salt content already in our processed and highly adulterated foods. Therefore, consuming extra salt would be harmful.

Second, the table salt lacks potassium and the companies concerned extract the important mineral and sell it as a supplement, so when people take too much table salt, it has the disadvantage to cause high blood pressure problems in a vulnerable person. The advice is to ingest pure sea salt that is balanced in sodium, potassium and other minerals, and to consume less preserved foods.

No matter what, the advice of the Prophet (S) remains an important matter to all of humankind to maintain that electrical and chemical balance during and after meals. Because salt has so many electrical properties within the body, its role in balancing the ambient energy fields cannot be ignored. Improper food digestion will affect the energy of the person concerned.

Scientists and observers have reported that a bowl of sea salt placed in space has the ability to purify the surrounding universal energy from all the shortages and blockages. The salt would attract any negativity to it (Poole, 1999). It is highly probable that ingested salt also has the same ability.

Islam Recommends One-Third of your Stomach to be Reserved for Water
This tradition comes to us from the Prophet (S) that: Islam therefore, recommends its followers and the whole of humankind to drink lots of water throughout the day and this has several electrical and chemical merits as well. According to Heistand and Coleman (1999): Apparently, drinking lots of clean water is one Islamic way to cleanse oneself from toxins inside the body and introduce highly charged energy to the energy fields surrounding the stomach and intestines. Truly, water (mercy from Allah) has been termed the elixir of life. Brennan (1987) suggests (to healers, especially) to always drink a full glass of spring water between healing sessions. Drinking water before any kind of performance that involves mental effort has been well researched to have endless advantages.

Fasting
al-Qur'an remarks: al-Taba Tabai (1991) relates that the late Ali Agha Qazi once related a wonderful story about starvation. In short, he said: Fasting is one of the most effective ways to correct blockages in the energy (Lindgren and Dlitt, 2000), and this prescription has been given to Muslims one whole month every year. The difference between therapeutic fasting (where vegetable juices and raw fruits are allowed) and fasting in Islam is that the fasting for Muslims is not only therapeutic, but also spiritual and a revolution of one's soul, balancing each and every blockage in the fields of energy regardless of its origin - mental, physical, spiritual or even emotional origin.

When researchers and scientists, the like of Brennan (1987), a previous research scientist at NASA and a practicing energy psychotherapist, want to employ a program of energetic cleansing to severely disabled people and those suffering from drug addiction and other degenerative disease, they prescribe fasting as the primary component in the program. This helps to cleanse the energy, and therefore allow free flowing of energy and increase balance.

Islam has further associated fasting with good living, and Muslims are required to abstain from certain actions (sinful and abominable) in order to make a successful fasting. During fasting, Islam discourages backbiting and slandering, watching illicit movies, listening to music, and so forth. Most certainly, all these actions bring about an energy revolution of the body and soul that is of great benefit to that person, living in a world filled with faults that are easily accessible. More on this, at the end of this part.

Dr. Allan Cott in his book, Fasting, The Ultimate Diet, explains some of the reasons why people do fast. The following is a partial list of the aims of fasting as seen by the author of that book, the majority of which have been proven scientifically and in folk medicine: All the above health and spiritual benefits can only be achieved if fasting really had all the chemical and energy balancing properties. The human energy system is strengthened with fasting, as one furthers into spiritual and physical bliss. Moreover, he will attract only free flowing energy from nearby sources making his energy fields pure and impregnable. This alteration in the info-energy is also of great benefit to the individuals fasting in the prescribed manner by Muslims, and doing this act together. The following narration explains further, what a Muslim has to go through while fasting: The following adapted from an article by the Late Ahmed Sheriff Dewji, published in the Light Magazine: In Hayatul-Qulub, by al-Majlisi, he writes that Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated in the book Sadhus-Saud that I have seen in the scriptures of Idris (AS) that: Islam's Stand on Vegetarians In Qur'an Allah clearly states that He created the cattle for human benefit and consumption: The Infallible (AS) have said: In the Bible: Muhammad ibn Abdillah narrates from one of his companions that he said - I said to Abu Abdillah (AS) - May I be made your ransom! Why did Allah forbid the dead animal, blood and flesh of swine?

He said: Unless they choose a proper balance of foods, strict vegetarians are at risk for several deficiencies, especially vitamin B12. The other nutrients at risk are riboflavin, calcium, iron, and the essential amino acids lysine and methionine. Vegetarian children not exposed to sunlight are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Zinc deficiency can occur in vegans because the phytic acid in whole grains binds zinc, and there is little zinc in fruits and vegetables. Since B12 is present only in animal foods and a limited number of specially fortified foods, vegans should probably take B12 supplements prescribed by a physician. Further, the symptoms of vegetarianism may include protein deficiency, amino acid and mineral depletion coupled with chronic low levels of energy.

Islam's inclination to ingesting meat is an important dietary advice to Muslims and a prescription to healthy life. Animal products have been researched to have powerful vibratory frequencies, healthy and nutritious.

A major argument put forth by vegetarians is that an animal has to be slaughtered and this fear within the animal will adulterate it's flesh and lower the charge in the energy of the meat, thereby causing harm to whosoever eats the meat (as documented earlier). However, we have shown in the previous sections that the Islamic method of slaughtering creates honor and reverence in the slaughter, and this act carries no traumatic frequencies that could unbalance the electrical matrix of the meat.

Surprisingly, Heistand and Coleman (1999) quote an experiment in which the frequency of energy contained within the carrot had a bigger change when pulled from the ground than a cattle beast's energy change when slaughtered. This means that the carrot actually screamed louder than the cow.

In Islam:

Animals have been created mostly for the benefit of humankind; men are the masters of them.

God has created cattle for men, in which there is a sign of God.

Cattle have been made for man to ride on and to serve as food and for various other advantages.

Man can make use of the flesh, skin, feathers, and bones of animals.

Qur'an approves dogs to be used for hunting.

It points out that man, through the application of his skill and intelligence, has been able to make multiple uses of the skin and hair of animals for his comforts and conveniences.

Mir Ahmed Ali (AR) writes:

Once, the companions of Imam al-Hasan tried to make a dog run when the unclean animal came near them while they were having meals with the Imam. The Imam prevented them, began to eat one morsel himself, and gave another to the dog. He said: Allamah Taba Tabai (AR) writes: And,