Elijah Muhammad on Food Part 1
Born Elijah Robert Poole, Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) built and led the Nation of Islam in the United States from 1934 until the end of his life in 1975. A native of Georgia, Mr. Muhammad like allot of southerners migrated to Detroit during the Great Depression. In the motor city, he met his religious mentor Master Fard Muhammad. After the departure of Fard Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad would go on to build a Black Muslim empire based in Chicago that reached across the United States. What is often forgotten is that Mr. Muhammad spoke and wrote extensively about what he considered the proper foods to eat to maximize one’s mind, body and spirit and live a healthy and productive life. For many non-Muslims, the introduction to the teachings of the Nation on eating came from Elijah Muhammad’s two books, How to Eat to Live, volumes I and II, published in 1967 and 1972.
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