| Featured Article - Afrikan Holistic Health Have you noticed that every time that you turn on the TV, listen to the radio, read any newspaper or magazine that people of Afrikan descent are suffering on every level - spiritually, mentally, physically and financially? Black people lead all medical statistics for dis-eases and surgeries: STRESS, PREMATURE BIRTHS and DEATHS, so-called HIV/AIDS, DIABETES, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, OBESITY, LUPUS, FATIGUE, GLAUCOMA, PMS, HEART ATTACKS, LEUKEMIA, TUBAL LIGATIONS, HYSTERECTOMIES, along with CANCER of all sorts - BREASTS, PROSTATE, COLON, FIBROIDS ... Why do we give health such a low priority in our lives, and how are we going to correct these situations in order to claim our BIRTHRIGHT - PERFECT HEALTH? Everything you need to know in being healthy is the wholistic approach: "Nature is the first drugstore", "Let your medicine be thy food and your food be thy medicine", and that "ALL HEALTH CARE IS SELF-CARE!" "The philosophy of holistic health emerges from ancient African roots. It was the spiritual umbrella for civilizations cradled by a continent endowed with the richest resources in the world. This way of life, however, was interrupted by the imposition of slavery on peoples of African descent. While there has been more literature on the many areas of black life that 300+ years of bondage has taken a devastating toll, we seem to overlook the effect it has had on our nutritional need. Today, due to mass European commercialism, we have allowed our bodies to become human garbage disposal. Technology has made it possible for us to consume anything with flavor cooked at record breaking speeds. The rat race has made us ignore our nutritional need while we remain preoccupied with tailoring our lives to European standards. Now as we begin to balance ourselves between African cultural enlightenment and mainstream edification, many of us are pursuing healthier lives through natural ways of dieting, exercising, and treating ailments. AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH by Dr. Llaila O. Afrika, is the first major book that addresses these issues from a comprehensive Afro-centric viewpoint. It provides a complete guide to herbal remedies along with homeopathic dis-ease treatments. What makes AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH truly unique is the research Dr. Afrika has provided on the physiological and psychological differences between people of African ascent versus people of European descent. In addition, Dr. Afrika provides a complete history (from the 9th century to the 18th century) of the European herb and drug trade and why Europe invaded Africa for healing plants. Finally, he concludes by detailing how European dis-eases defeated ancient Africa. After reading AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH, you’ll learn about holistic sex laws, self diagnosis, dis-ease treatments, the danger of commercial foods and much more. But the most important lesson learned in this book is the concept of holistic health. Holistic health is concerned with the proper daily maintenance of the body, mind and spirit. Any nutritional approach or undertaking of treating ailments must holistically take into account these three aspects of our being. Therefore, although AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH is written from an Afro-centric viewpoint and appropriately condemns European commercialism, people of European descent as well of African descent will find that this book is the one of few to healing their bodies. "All people, regardless of nationality, can use this as a reference guide to healthy living." - Baba Dick Gregory - Activist, Author & Nutritionist
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