Wake-up call ignites big battle in medical community

By Mohsen Arisie
Egypt’s medical community is undergoing an extraordinary war, whose sparks have begun to fly off in all directions abroad. It all started two years ago when Dr. Diaa el-Awadi, former professor at Ain Shams University’s medical school sounded a wake-up call to the medical community, urging re-examination of centuries-old medical textbooks and the chief causes of rampant diseases.
Egyptian doctors and chemists were alarmed when Dr.el-Awadi, who is the ex-head of the ICU of Ain Shams Specialised Hospital, urged patients who are diabetic or who endure chronic digestive disorders, lupus, etc. to clear out their medicine cabinets of pills and potions. He warned that these drugs are useless and destructive to the person’s health on the long-run.
Dr. el-Awadi urged the removal of popular dishes from the dining table if patients wanted to live a healthy life and bid farewell to their doctors. He said that it was the unhealthy eating habits they inherited from parents and grandparents, which was the prime cause for all our ills. He also said that unhealthy food was the chief cause of cancer.
According to Dr. el-Awadi’s warning, the allegedly unhealthy dishes, which should be disposed of include, to name a few, fresh salad, vegetables (fresh or cooked), bread, eggs, products, beans, pasta and poultry. He also urged mothers to stop serving their family members popular meals, such as stuffed vine leaves and aubergines.

These dishes have been recommended for centuries by nutritionists as the chief sources of vitamins indispensable for the person’s good health. Ridiculing this longstanding wrong conviction, Dr. el-Awadi said: “Although people in Egypt and abroad are stuck in these dishes, they are suffering from diseases.” He indicated that “drugs manage symptoms but they are no cure.” He said: “We are not created to depend on drugs and vitamins from childbirth to stay alive.”

To live a healthy life and never set foot into a clinic again, say ‘hi’ to the joys of steamed rice, potato, toast, beef, fish (no prawns) and taro—worth their nutritional weight in gold and rich in vitamins.

onviction, Dr. el-Awadi said: “Although people in Egypt and abroad are stuck in these dishes, they are suffering from diseases.” He indicated that “drugs manage symptoms but they are no cure.” He said: “We are not created to depend on drugs and vitamins from childbirth to stay alive.”

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Of course, the medical profession bridled at such claims. If patients placed their trust in er. Al-Awadi, thousands of pharmacies would be boarded up by the end of the year and thousands thrown out of work. “What about diabetics, whose lives depend on a daily intake of insulin?” thundered the men and women in white coats.
er. Diaa rejoined that a diabetic patient should breakfast on sugar-rich food, which, he said, “mechanically enzymatically breaks down food into substances for absorption into the bloodstream.”

Diabetes is a fast-growing health problem in Egypt with a significant impact on morbidity, mortality, and health care resources. Currently, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Egypt is around 15.6% of all adults aged 20 to 79. Symptoms of digestive disorders are common among across the population spectrum.
Dr. el-Awadi is spearheading a revolution, the Al-Tayyibat (good food) system, which has attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of people in Egypt and abroad. They acknowledged him as a godsend to undermine longstanding unhealthy eating habits and end their lifelong dependence on drugs.
Counterrevolutionaries, including Ministry of Health, the Medical Syndicate and the pharmaceuticals industry, resolved to get tough with the doctor to silence him. The health ministry closed his clinic twice for “bureaucratic reasons”. However, the ministry withdrew its decision and the clinic has been reopened.
Doctors vented their spleen on television talk shows. However, the harsher the ‘unscientific’ criticism er. Al-Awadi receives, the greater his following in Egypt and abroad. Bon appétit.