How to Eat to Live

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"How to Eat to Live" is a series of dietary and health guidance books by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad that outline a religiously grounded regimen for eating and lifestyle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book series
religious text
aimsTo improve physical health
improve spiritual health
promote longevity
associatedWith Black nationalist religious movements
Nation of Islam
author Elijah Muhammad
circulatesWithin Nation of Islam communities
wider African American religious communities
countryOfOrigin United States
emphasizes abstinence from certain foods
religiously grounded eating practices
self-discipline
focusesOn cleanliness in eating
forbidden foods
meal frequency
permitted foods
genre dietary guide
health guide
religious instruction
hasCategory American religious literature
Islamic dietary literature
self-help health books
hasImpactOn Black Muslim health culture
Nation of Islam dietary practices
hasPart How to Eat to Live, Book 1
linked to: How to Eat to Live

How to Eat to Live, Book 2
linked to: How to Eat to Live
hasReception influential among Nation of Islam adherents
influencedBy Elijah Muhammad's religious teachings
intendedAudience African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Nation of Islam members
language English
mainSubject Islamic lifestyle
diet
health
notableFor linking diet with religious obedience
prescriptive dietary laws
provides dietary rules
health guidance
lifestyle guidance
publicationForm print
religiousPerspective Islamic
Nation of Islam theology
religiousTradition Nation of Islam
teaches that food choices affect moral and spiritual condition
that proper diet is a divine command
timePeriod 20th century

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Elijah Muhammad notableWork How to Eat to Live
Elijah Robert Poole notableWork How to Eat to Live
How to Eat to Live hasPart How to Eat to Live, Book 1
linked to: How to Eat to Live
How to Eat to Live hasPart How to Eat to Live, Book 2
linked to: How to Eat to Live