This document discusses Islamic guidance on health, nutrition, exercise, and beauty. It provides Hadith and verses from the Quran about eating lawful and beneficial foods like protein, milk, fruits and vegetables. Specific superfoods discussed are olive, pomegranate, honey, and figs. The document also covers exercise including walking, proper nutrition, mind/thought, and beauty as described in the Quran and Hadith. It concludes by reminding believers to partake of lawful sustenance and render thanks to God.

1. IslamicHealthandBeauty By Rashida Brookins, RN

2. Hadith The Prophet (salAllahualayhiwasalam) said, 'Take benefit of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death.'[al-Hakim, al-Baihaqi]

3. Objectives Quranic Guidance: Foods Medical Science: Foods Nutrition Exercise Thought/Mind Beauty

4. Quran “O Believers! Eat of the good and pure (lawful) that we have provided you with and be grateful to Allah, if you truly worship Him.” [Surah al-Baqarah; 2:172]

5. Protein “And the cattle, He has created them for you, in them there is warmth (clothing) and numerous benefits, and of them you eat.” [16:5] “And the flesh of fowls that they desire.” [56:21] “And from them both (fresh and salt water) you eat fresh tender meat (fish)” (35:12)

6. Milk “And verily in the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between excretion and blood, pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.” [16:66]

7. Fruit and Vegetables “It is He who sends down the rain from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth thick clustered grain. And out of the date palm and it’s spate come clusters of dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste). Look at their fruits when then begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof.” [6:99]

8. Super Foods Olive Pomegranates Honey Figs Water

9. Olive Abu HurairahRadiAllahuTa'alaanhu narrates that the Prophet stated, "Eat the olive oil and apply it (locally), since there is cure for seventy diseases in it, one of them is Leprosy."[abuNaim]

10. Good Fats That Make You Thin Kraft Reduced Fat Mayonnaise with Olive OilPER SERVING (1 tbsp.): 45 calories, 4g fat, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g protein

11. 4 Fat-Burning Eating Tips LEAN PROTEIN GRAPEFRUIT WHOLE GRAINS GREEN TEA

12. Pomegranate There is not a pomegranate which does not have a pip from one of the pomegranates of the Garden (of Jinnah) in it Muhammad (saws

13. Moderation “And eat and drink, but waste not in extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not those who waste in extravagance.” [7:31]

14. Pomegranate Oxidants, she explains, are naturally-occurring substances that derive from oxygen. Chemically speaking, oxygen always wants to "mate," and if it can't find a mate, it will latch onto anything. As it's latching onto substances in our body, it can overwhelm them, and cause disease. Antioxidants, on the other hand, voluntarily bond with molecules of oxygen, preventing them from glomming onto any other substance in our body, and that helps keep us healthy.

15. In ancient Greece pomegranate was known as the fruit of the dead. In Hebrew tradition pomegranates adorned the vestments of the high priest. Ancient Persians believed that pomegranate seeds made their warriors invincible. In China the fruit symbolized longevity.

16. Figs Weight controlThree figs, fresh or dried, contain about five grams of fiber.

17. Honey "Make use of the two remedies: honey and the Quran"Muhammad [at-sahih al-Bukhari, Tirmidhi, ibnMajah & Baihaqi]

18. Water "We made water essential for every life."[21:30]

19. Proper Nutrition Choose nutrient-rich foods Practice moderation Go for variety Reduce fat Set Goals

23. Join waking program on line or else where

24. Where a Pedometer-Set your step goal at 6,000 – 10,000 per day

25. Make a walking Buddy

26. Keep a walking journal

27. Join a walking club

28. New shoes and walking clothes

29. Walking gadgets

30. Do a virtual walk across America-web walking USA program

33. Beauty

34. To HIM BELONGS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES[17:110] God is Beautiful and He loves Beauty [Muhammad(pbuh)]

35. Conclusion Partake of all the lawful, good things which God has provided for you as sustenance and render thanks unto God for his blessings, if it is truly Him that you worship [16:114]