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د. ضياء العوضي | المسموحات والممنوعات في نظام الطيبات بالتفصيل

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Wellness and Self-Improvement

Summary: “Goodness System” — wellness strategies & self-care takeaways

Core concept: “Goodness System”

A therapeutic/preventative diet plan the speaker claims can be used broadly (roughly from ~3 months to 80 years old) to reduce disease by:

  • Eliminating certain foods
  • Prioritizing others

1) Main “forbidden” foods

White flour products (all forms)

Includes examples such as:

  • Baladi bread, Syrian bread, French bread, Kaiser rolls
  • Puff pastry
  • Pastries / mixed doughs: croissants, pies, pizza, phyllo dough/pastry, Italian pastries, macaroni/pasta

All sugars / sweet drinks

Examples include:

  • Pepsi, Sprite (all colors)
  • Malt beverages (e.g., Birell/Ams)
  • Energy drinks

Also included:

  • Soda and “alkaline water” (forbidden regardless of “diet” status)

All dairy (and anything containing milk)

Examples:

  • Milk
  • White cheese, cottage cheese, labneh, yogurt

Also includes:

  • “No derivatives/powdered creamers”
  • Anything containing milk

Chicken

Many legumes/beans (specific medical rationale)

Mentioned as forbidden examples:

  • Fava beans
  • Black-eyed peas
  • Kidney beans
  • Peas (including “peas with carrots”)

Most leafy vegetables (and some greens)

Framed as especially harmful to the colon, including:

  • Grape leaves, cabbage, lettuce, arugula

Some fish/seafood

Forbidden:

  • Shrimp and squid (“plastic things” in his phrasing)

The speaker later implies that appropriate fish types may be chosen, based on his hierarchy (described below).

2) Main “allowed” foods

Whole grains / wholemeal bread

“Wholemeal” is defined as bread made with:

  • Bran
  • or whole wheat
  • (specifically not white-flour-based)

Rice

Wheat-type grains

Examples allowed:

  • Freekeh, bulgur, and similar

Corn

Allowed:

  • Sweetcorn, popcorn, corn on the cob

Fats/oils

Examples include:

  • Cream
  • Butter
  • Ghee
  • Olive oil

Processed “yellow” cheeses (allowed in full list)

Examples cited:

  • Kashkaval, Emmental, Edam/Amzdam
  • Gouda, Flemish, Roquefort

He indicates melt-friendly cheeses are okay.

Sweets (mostly allowed)

Allowed:

  • Jam
  • Honey
  • Chocolate (including Nutella/regular chocolate)

Exception (forbidden sweets):

  • Turkish delight and nougat (and similar)

Juices & canned goods

Included as allowed categories.

Fruit categories (grade-based approach)

He describes “classes” and says fruit is allowed at any time, but with emphasis on categories:

  • First-class examples: dates, grapes, figs, bananas, plums
  • Warning / limit examples (third-class): strawberries, seedless guava
  • Forbidden fruits (explicit): mangoes, peaches, kiwis, grapes, melons

Note: He briefly contradicts himself by earlier calling grapes “first-class,” then later stating they’re forbidden.

Vegetables approach (fiber/peel/chlorophyll-based)

Key points:

  • Potatoes are allowed and often described as the only preferred vegetable
  • Mentions a suggested order:
    1. Potatoes
    2. Taro
    3. Zucchini
    4. Okra
    5. After that: “they get mixed up”

Meat/fish tiering by “cleanliness” and digestibility

Meat hierarchy

  • 1) Lamb (best/cleanest)
  • 2) Liver (various types; excludes chicken)
  • 3) Camel meat/fish, then veal/birds (e.g., pigeons/doves)
  • Last: Beef (harder to digest; “grown a lot”)

Fish/seafood hierarchy

General implication:

  • Seafood from the sea is better than Nile (farm vs. wild discussed)

Examples referenced as okay:

  • Mullet
  • Boulder (likely sea bass/sea bream ambiguity)
  • Mackerel (frozen OK)

Forbidden:

  • Shrimp and squid

3) “Time to improvement” windows (expectation-setting)

Example timelines for symptom improvement after starting:

  • Acid reflux: ~3 days
  • Nervous tension: up to ~6 days
  • Body aches: within ~10 days
  • Sleep/insomnia: ~8 days
  • Fatty liver: within ~3 months
  • Severe body aches: within ~14 days

4) Fasting / self-care practices (autophagy framing)

Autophagy (“self-eating”)

He frames abstinence and fasting as supporting cellular renewal:

  • Cells “kill themselves” either by signals or commands
  • Hunger/thirst triggers renewal

Water guidance

  • Drink only what you need
  • Avoid “wastefulness”
  • He argues against large volumes (e.g., 2–4 liters)
  • Claims overdrinking can show in dark circles and depression

How to break the fast (Prophetic practice)

He recommends breaking with:

  1. Fresh dates
  2. If not: dried dates
  3. If not: small sips of water

He discourages “filling up” right away.

Link to health markers

He uses external signs (like skin/eye circles) as “indicators” of internal cleanliness/health, as described by the speaker.

5) Mechanism/logic he emphasizes (behavioral + perspective)

  • “Abstinence” over counting/experiments

    • Don’t “count and experiment”
    • Don’t import medicines as the main solution (in his view)

  • Avoid focusing on “products” vs “process”

    • If someone reacts, it may be due to the diet/process
    • Suggested mindset: “try it, then adjust”

  • Willpower and implementation

    • Knowing what’s harmful/beneficial isn’t enough
    • Execution depends on willingness to implement

Presenters / sources

  • Dr. Diaa Al-Awadhi — speaker/producer of the “Goodness System”
  • The Quran — referenced via quotation and interpretation discussion
  • The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) — referenced via dietary/fast-breaking guidance

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