declininghealthofsocietyasawholesupportthispoint.Medicinesmasksymptomsandhidethedis-
easeprocesseswhichcontinuedeeperinthebodyuntiltheyreachalethallevel.Thisdiseaseprocess
isthenreferredtobymodernmedicalpractitionersbyvariousnames,i.e.cancer,diabetes,rheumat-
ism,impotence,highbloodpressure,etc.Therefore,thenaturalhealthpractitionershouldstriveto
stayawayfromsynthesizedmedicinesandpromoteaconditionwhereinthebodyisallowedtopro-
duceitsownnaturalchemicals,inconjunctionwiththechemicalscontainedinnaturalfoods,tobring
the body back into harmony and thereby eradicate disease.
Forthepurposesofthetreatise,basedontheKemeticteachings,theterm“malnutrition”maybe
defined as follows:
Malnutritionistheingestionofwrongfoodsandorfoodconsumptioninanimprop-
ermanner,whichleadstoindigestion,whichinturnleadstothedeficientnourish-
mentoftheorgansandcellsofthebody,constitutingtheirmalnourishmentandloss
ofstrengthtoresistdiseases(immunity)basedonthetypeofphysiologicaldeficien-
cies caused by the form of the malnutrition.
Thus,thenormalprocessingofthefecalmatterinthebowelsisnotUkhedu.Theputrefactionofma-
terialduetoconstipation,etc.,causedbytheingestionofwrongfoodsandthesubsequentdisease
processwhichdevelops,constitutestheUkhedu.TheKemeticDietWisdomteachesthatALLdisease
processisunderstoodasthedeterioratedconditionthatthebodyhascometoduetoconsumingfoods
thataretoxictothebody.Toxinscausethebodytobecomeacidic.Therefore,Ukhedumaybe
thoughtofasaconditionof“Acidosis”inthebodyasopposedtothenaturalhealthycondition,
“Alkaline.”Acidity(toxicity)corrodesandbreaksdownthemettu,andtheorgansofthebody,pro-
motingaweakenedimmunesystemanddisease.Therestorationofthealkalineconditionofthebody,
throughaproperdietpromoteshealingandpreventionofdiseasesincethebody’snaturalimmune
system is not being compromised or damaged.
Table 3: The Cause of Disease
Table 10: The Cycle of Vice
- NotexperiencingtheblissoftheHigherSelf(noorminimal
progress in spiritual evolution).
- Not living in harmony with nature
- Not thinking pure thoughts
- Not breathing clean air
- Not breathing properly
- Not enough rest and relaxation (freedom from stress)