IslamoSophia - Food and Health

Eat the pomegranate with its pulp, for it is an abdomenic (dibagh). Every grain of it which settles in the abdomen is life for the heart (al-qalb) and illumination for the soul, and the temptations of Satan are quelled for forty mornings.  The pomegranate is among the fuits of Paradise. Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) (reported from his grandfather Imam Ali (as) Allah, the mighty and exalted, has said; Therein fruits, and palm trees, and pomegranates 955;680." Whoever eats pomegranate before sleeping is secure in himself until morning." Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) From Al-Harith b. al-Mughira, that he said: "I complained to Abu 'Abd allah, peace be upon him, of a heaviness (thiqal) I felt in my heart (as-fu'ad), and of much indigestion after eating. He said: "Take of this sweet pomegranate and eat it with its pulp, for it is good for the abdomen and will cure the indigestion and digest your food."

Flesh produces flesh and increases the intellect.  Whoever gives up eating it for some days, his intellect will be impaired. Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) In another report, from him (as), "Whoever gives up eating flesh for forty days will become ill-natured and his intellect will be impaired.  Whoever becomes ill-natured, call to him in his ear with the iqama.' (call to prayer)

Whoever eats twenty-one red raisins at the beginning of the day, Allah will repel from him every disease and illness. Mohammad b. Ja'far al-Bursi narrated from Muhammad b. Yahya al-Armani from Mohammad b. Sinan al-sinani from al-mufaddal b. Ummar al-ju'fi from Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) from his forefathers narrated from Imam Ali (as).

Eat endive, for there is not a morning when the drops of heaven do not fall on it Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (as) From Mohammad B Abu Nasr from his father from Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, that he [the father] said: I complained to him of a disturbance in my head and my teeth and a throbbing in my eye, so that my face was swollen from it.  He, peace be upon him, said: 'Take this endive and extract its juice.  Take the juice and pour over it a lot of lump sugar.  It will relieve it and drive away its harm." He [the father] said: "I went to my house and treated it that night before I slept.  I drank it and slept, and in the morning I was cured of it, praise be to Allah."