The
Slave Diet:
Disease &
Reparations
Kevin A.
Muhammad;
This book, is to show the value of the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad’s dietary guidance and how such guidance directly addresses the poor
dietary regimens that Black people adopted through force, while serving as
slaves. Eating foods that comprise the slave diet, not just for 10 or 20
years, but for over 300 years and counting, has given Black people
predispositions to many diseases that heavily afflicts them. |
Nuts
Are Not Good for Humans:
Biological Consequences of Consumption
Kevin A.
Muhammad;
In this research-packed book, Kevin A. Muhammad has
provided the public with vital information about diet and nutrition,
specifically information that eradicates the bogus notions that nuts are
suitable for humans to eat. With this research, he challenges the mainstream
health and dietetic communities to cease from hurling assumptions masked in
bogus research and prove that nuts are healthy foods for humans.
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Herbal
Healing for African Americans:
The A to Z Guide to Total Health the Natural Way
Angelo A.
Williams;
Herbal Prescriptions for Health &
Healing is an indispensable guide that will introduce you to 20 of the most
frequently used herbs. The book also provides extensive information on
treating all the primary systems of the body with herbal medicine. Whether
you're a novice or an experienced herb user, you willfind many helpful tips
for a wide variety of ailments.
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Afrikan
Holistic Health :
Complete Herb Remedy Guide, Disease Treatment, Nutrition,
Diet, Wholistic Perspectives,African Herb History, Self Diagnosis
Llaila O. Afrika
This book is the first of it's kind on African
Holistics. It provides a
wealth of information that had been missing in Health, History, Social
Science and Holistic. A masterpiece, a must for all learned people and a
plus for those interested in learning more.
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HealthQuest
Staying Strong :
Reclaiming The Wisdom Of African-American Healing
Sara L. Reese -
This guide, edited by
the staff of HealthQuest, an alternative health quarterly primarily for
African Americans, focuses on "Whole Living," which involves going
naturalAusing herbs, etc., to achieve good healthAbecoming spiritual, and
combining modern medicine with healing traditions of the past. |
Staying Healthy With Nutrition
by Elson M. Haas
Designed as an introductory textbook to teach the basic
principles of nutrition and their applications, this hefty volume brings
together a wealth of information for the serious reader. Part 1 analyzes the
building blocks of nutrition; Part 2 evaluates foods and diets;
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Spiritual Cleansing:
A Handbook of Psychic Protection
DRAJA MICKAHARIC
PRICE: $7.95
Part of cleansing is ridding ourselves of what we don't need or can
no longer use. And part of it is bringing what we need into our lives.
Mickaharic's recipes include using herbs, nuts, and flower baths for increasing
mental acuity, bringing love into our lives, and attracting money.
The author's "household formulas" include
recipes for herb, nut and flower baths for healing, reducing tension, increasing
mental acuity, bringing love into your life, or even for economic improvement.
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African
American Alternative Medicine :
Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases
Eric J.
Bailey; An introduction to the field of
African American alternative medicine, highlighting African American traditional
healthcare practices, new qualitative fieldwork data from African American
alternative health practitioners, and specific cultural ethnomedical strategies
for the African American population.In order to examine the importance of
alternative medicine to the African American population, this book focuses on
the African American health belief system and the treatment strategies often
used and documented.
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The
Healing Wisdom of Africa:
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Malidoma Patrice Some
An
evocative and fascinating look into the traditional healing practices of the
Dagara people of West Africa, this title explains how they accumulate firsthand
knowledge of deep spiritualist and healing abilities.
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Healing the Errors of Living
Ra Un Nefer Amen
If you have ever experienced a deterioration, over the
years, in your memory, intellectual powers, and physical vitality, it could be
due to errors you have committed in living; excessive indulgence in
coffee, sex, tobacco, alcohol, mental work, emotional stress, tea, exposure
of your head to sun, sugar, salt, and other insults to your body. In this
book you will learn the safe and effective homeopathic means of healing,
restoring or improving your mental, emotional, and physical vitality.
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Heal Thyself:
For Health and Longevity
Queen Afua;
Queen Afua has produced a book that changes
your lifestyle. Men do not be afraid its for us also.All the tools for
transformation are present and fit any religious path you are on. Only an
angel sent from God could cause the healing of a people and that is what I
think we will all find at the end of our journey if we just follow the
teachings of this very wise, and open soul. |
Sacred
Woman : A
Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit
Queen Afua;
This book should be mandatory reading for all
woman of the Africa Diaspora! Queen Afua has gone in-depth with historical
information, complete food guides, and even a schedule that will get you
back to appreciating the real, natural woman you are and help you on the
road to healthier, happier living. I highly recommend this book to all my
sisters living in fear of who they really are, or are living with pain and
struggle unhealthy living can bring.
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The
Ancient Principles Of Radiant Health:
The Philosophies of an African Medicine Woman on Health and Vitality
by Asara
Tsehai
A
Holistic Health Educator, Ms. Tsehai has been featured in
Essence, Sister-to-Sister, and Heart & Soul
magazines. She has practiced holistic healing since 1977.
This book provides effective and practical approaches to releasing weight
naturally and culturally as well as spiritually based principles to attaining
radiant health.
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Nutricide by Llaila O. Afrika;
This book tell the truth about how the
modern world has come to be. Mr. O Afrika tell how the black mind has become
corrupt by the Caucasions desire to warp all of the natural world. This book is
one of the best books ever written about why things are how they are. clean
yourself of mucus and eat a natural diet.
Every black person needs to read and study
this book thoroughly, for it will let you know why you are the way you are and
why white people act the way they act.
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Sacred
Pampering Principles :
An African-American Woman's Guide to Self-care and Inner Renewal
Debrena J.
Gandy; Gandy opens the book with an
array of ancient principles from "Ra Un Neter Amen" to "The Holy Bible." She
quotes from text and scriptures that apply to ancient pampering techniques
and principles. She offers recipes for successfully incorporating these
sacred pampering principles into your busy life. In addition the book is
very easy to read. |
High
Blood Pressure:
The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension
Price: $10.85
Designed for the lay reader who
has recently been diagnosed with hypertension, this book discusses major
symptoms, prevention techniques, risk factors, complications, and treatment
and emphasizes self-care, stress management, and empowerment. The
information provided in this culturally sensitive book will help African
Americans afflicted with hypertension make changes that can dramatically
improve their lives by controlling and lowering blood pressure.
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That
Black Men Might Live:
My Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Reverend
Charles Williams; Williams, a minister, promoter, and president of
the Indiana Black Expo, was an admitted Type A personality, a workaholic
loathe to slow down and take note of the signs of a medical problem.
Williams offers his experience as a cautionary tale. His
self-criticism is rooted in resolve and a out-right conviction that for
believers everything--including cancer--works for the good.
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Black Man's Guide to Good Health, The Essential Advice for African American
Men and Their Families
Price: $10.85
There is a great deal of solid information on prevention and treatment here.
Proper diet, cholesterol levels, and ways to control fat and salt intake are
discussed. The importance of exercise is stressed and various types are
recommended. This excellent source is highly recommended for young African
Americans who wish to become more literate about health care and
health-related problems. |
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Weight
Loss for African-Women:
An Eight-Week Guide to Better Health
Many African American women are overweight and particularly at
risk for developing heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and certain
types of cancers. At the expense of their health, they put the needs of others
ahead of their own.
Basic herbs for health and healing
Author: Rashan Abdul Hakim; |
Natural Health
for African Americans :
The Physicians' Guide
Marcellus A.
Walker - Walker, an
internist/acupuncturist, and Singleton, a professor of medicine at Howard
University, have written a self-help book addressed to what they see as the
health problems of African Americans: stress, obesity, poor diet, not enough
exercise, and too much alcohol, drugs, and
tobacco. Their advice is a fine amalgam of Western biomedicine and Eastern
natural medicine, emphasizing taking control of one's own health, eating
carefully, ... |
Like
a Natural Woman:
The Black Woman's Guide to Alternative Healing
Ziba Kashef
Like a Natural Woman,
written by an editor at Essence magazine, stresses the importance of achieving
balance within the self by meeting emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical
needs. Kashef discusses a healthy lifestyle, nutrition, the use of dietary
supplements and herbs, mind-body therapies, and diseases and conditions. Each
chapter begins with a personal story about a woman with a specific condition and
how she used natural medicine to help cope with it. |
A Healthy Foods and
Spritual Nutrition Handbook:
A Comprehensive Guide to Good Food and a Healthy Lifestyle
Author: Keith Wright;
Optimizing health through nutrition
Author: R. A Straughn;
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The Ausar Auset Nutrition Handbook
Ra UN Nefer Amen;

Heart Health for Black
Women:
A Natural Approach to Healing and Preventing
Heart Disease
Author: Beverly Yates
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Heart
Health for Black Women:
A Natural Approach to Healing and Preventing Heart Disease
Beverly Yates
African-American women
comprise the only demographic group that has seen an increase in heart
disease in the last decade. What does it take to have a healthy heart? Why
is heart disease so common among black people - and black women in
particular? Heart Health for Black Women answers these questions with a
combination of charts, recipes, useful information, and helpful activities.
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Prescription for
Nutritional Healing
: Third Edition (Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd ed)
Author: Phyllis Balch; Buy New: $16.29 |

Prescription for
Nutritional Healing
A-To-Z Guide to Supplements: A Handy Resource to Today's Most Effective
Nutritional Supplements (Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A-To-Z Guide
to Supplements)
Author: James F., Md. Balch; Buy New: $6.95 |

Prescription for
Nutritional Healing:
The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements : The A-to-Z Guide to Supplements
(Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A-To-Z Guide to Supplements)
Author: James F. Balch; Buy New: $9.56 |
Delicious Jamaica
by Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Jamaica has been a melting pot of many cultural influences
including the Africans, Spanish, English, Indians, Asians and Arawaks
(native inhabitants pre-Columbus). Out of a diverse mix of foods, spices,
and cultures has come this wonderful array of tempting dishes as lively as
the people of Jamaica themselves.
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The Rasta Cookbook:
Vegetarian Cuisine Eaten With the Salt of the Earth : Recipes
by Laura Osborne
The Pleasures of Vegetarian
Cooking (Muslim)
by
Tarla Dalal
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The
Kemetic Diet
by Muata A. Ashby,This new
volume presents the concepts and teachings based on the Kemetic (Ancient
Egyptian) philosophy of total health of the entire person, that is, health
not just of the body, but also health of the mind and soul as well, which
gets to the root cause of the dis-ease and eradicates it. It is a
spiritual lifestyle that leads to health of body, mind and soul and
ultimately to discovery of the Higher Self.
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Ideas for Entertaining from the African-American Kitchen
ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS
From Martin Luther King Day to Kwanzaa, from casual
parties to formal events, award-winning author Angela Shelf Medearis shows
how to celebrate a year's worth of holidays and special occasions with
afrocentric flair. "Seasoned with mouthwatering recipes, practical party
planning advice, and fascinating lore and customs.
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Soul Vegetarian Cookbook
Buy New: $15.00
At last, the very best recipes culled from the kitchens of
the award-winning Soul Vegetarian restaurant chain. Good eating has married
good health in this collection of fresh and exciting main dishes, entrees,
appetizers and desserts that highlight the very best of healthy, delicious
and easy to prepare, vegetarian cuisine. The step-by-step instructions are
exact, and easy-to-follow, with an accompanying guide for weights and
measures, and a handy list of natural supplements and vitamins. |

Mom's Caribbean And Americas Soulfood Cooking For Excellent
Health And A Long Life Caribbean And American Soul Food
Author: Paul Alfred Barton;
From
classical Nubian verses to hip-hop, romance, spoken word, conscious rap to
that dub style (Jamaican -style "toasting" like those produced by
Afro-Jamaican, Jamerican and Chinese-Jamaican reggae producers; Linton Kwesi
Johnson, the Kong Brothers, Byron Lee, the Chins, U-Roy, I-Roy and so on)
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Soul to Soul:
A Soul Food Vegetarian Cookbook
Author: Mary Keyes. Burgess; |
The Ausar Auset Nutrition Handbook
Author: Ra UN Nefer Amen; |
The Vegetarian Soul Food Cookbook
Author: Kathy Williamson; |
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India: The Vegetarian Table
(Vegeterian Table Series)
Author: Yamuna Devi;
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Vegetarian Barbecue
Author: Mary Gwynn;
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The Vegetarian Soul Food
Cookbook
: A Wonderful Medley of Vegetarian, Vegan and
Raw Recipes Inspired by the Southern Tradition
Author: Imar Hutchins;
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Shabazz fish recipes
Author: Luana Karim; |
Delights of the Garden
Author: IMAR HUTCHINS; |
Veggie Guide Atlanta
(Veggie Guide Series)
Author: Imar Hutchins; |
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30 Days at Delights of the
Garden:
Learning How to Eat Right and Live Well in a
Stressed-Out World
Author: Imar Hutchins; Buy New: $15.95
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Vegetarianism made simple and easy: A primer for Black people
Author: Nia Kondo; |

The African-American Kitchen: Cooking from Our Heritage
Author: Angela Shelf Medearis;
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Vegetables Rock!
: A Complete Guide for Teenage Vegetarians
Author: STEPHANIE PIERSON;
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The Ethnic Vegetarian : Traditional and Modern Recipes from
Africa, America, and the Caribbean
Author: Angela Shelf Medearis;
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In The Beginning, God Said: Eat Raw Food
Author: William D. Scott;
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Black
Cumin:
The Magical Egyptian Herb for Allergies, Asthma, Skin Conditions, and Immune
Disorders
Peter
Schleicher |
The
New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes
Fabiola Demps
Gaines
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Down-Home
Wholesome:
300 Low-Fat Recipes from a New Soul Kitchen
Danella Carter
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Whole
Food, Soul Food: Finger Lickin' Way to Fight the Fat
Donna A. Smith |
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The
Healthy Soul Food Cookbook:
How to Cut the Fat but Keep the Flavor
Wilbert Jones |
Falling
Out of Grace:
Meditations on Loss, Healing and Wisdom
by Sobonfu E. Some This courageous book is an inspiration for using failures
as teachers, and thus finding the true meaning of grace.
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Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee--An African American Herbal Healer
(Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) Arvilla
Payne-Jackson; This book combines historical biography with a
focus on the role of the practitioner in the folk health-care system, and
ethnobotany, including a description of the active ingredients of the herbs used
in African American herbal medicine ... provides a basic historical framework
and background to the continuing viability of a folk medical system based on a
pluralism combining biomedicine and traditional health care.
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Journal Of An African American Medicine Woman
I Murphy;
On being Black &
healthy :
how Black Americans can lead longer and healthier lives
George E. Berkley; |
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Heal
Thyself Natural Living Cookbook:
A Complete Guide to Natural Living Through Vegetarian Cooking and Holistic
Juicing
Diane
Ciccone;
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The
Heart of the Matter:
The African American's Guide to Heart Disease, Heart Treatment, and Heart
Wellness
Hilton M. Hudson II |
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Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal: A Guide to Living Life with Energy,
Health, and Vitality
Rosemary
Gladstar |
Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Remedies for Children's Health
Rosemary
Gladstar |
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Rosemary Gladstar's Herbs for Reducing Stress & Anxiety
Rosemary
Gladstar
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Rosemary Gladstar's Herbs for Longevity & Well-Being
Rosemary
Gladstar |
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Kinki
Kreations :
A Parent's Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids
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