THE KEMETICDIET
PROGRAM
By
Dr. Muata Abhaya Ashby
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheessentialprinciplesoftheKemeticDietHealthSystem,basedon
theAncientEgyptianteachingsofHealth.ThesewereextractedfromthebookTheKemeticDiet,
FoodforBody,MindandSoulbyDr.MuataAshby,whichisastudyof(AncientAfrican)practices
andwritingsintheareaofpreventativehealthandhealing,engenderedbythefirstmedicaldoctorsin
history...theSunusor Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) physicians.
Health For Body, Mind and Soul
ThemainprinciplesoftheKemeticDietencompasstheunderstandingthatthepersonalityisacom-
plexwhichincludes,butisnotlimitedto,thephysicalconstitution.Assuchahumanbeingrequires
morethanjustphysicalnourishmentinordertosurviveandthriveasahealthyperson.Therefore,a
protocolhasbeenenjoinedtopromotethepurityofthebody,mindandsoul.Thereisapropertypeof
foodforthebody,apropertypeoffoodforthemindandapropertypeoffoodforthesoul.Ifanyof
thesefoodsaremissingahumanbeingwillbemalnourishedandthepersonalitywilldevelopspiritu-
al, mental or physical ailments.
Kemetic Principles of Disease and Health:Ukhedu, MettuandSwadj
TheAncientEgyptianconceptofphysicaldiseaseholdsthatitisduetoindigestion.Thatis,someim-
purityhasbeendigestedthatcompromisesthedigestivesystem,whichinturndepositsimpuritiesin-
totheMettuorvascularsystems.Thishastheeffectofweakeningtheimmunesystem.Thisprocess