Returning to the Body’s Natural State: The Foundation on Which the Tayyibat System Is Built

Returning to the Body’s Natural State

Dr. Diaa Al-Awady believes that the major problem in modern human life is not a lack of food, but excessive interference with food.

The further food moves away from its natural form, and the more additives, processing, and various treatments it undergoes, the greater the burden placed on the body day after day.

From this idea emerges the philosophy of Tayyibat: returning to what God created as wholesome and leaving what has been altered and processed by human intervention.

Dr. Diaa emphasizes that the body is not an enemy of the human being, nor is it a broken machine that needs a new repair every day. Rather, it is an integrated system created by God with tremendous abilities for regulation and recovery.

For this reason, he repeatedly stated that the goal is not to keep treating the body continuously, but to stop harming it.

The body knows how to function and how to repair itself, but it needs a genuine opportunity away from the influences that disrupt its natural functions.

From this perspective, applying the Tayyibat system does not begin merely by memorizing a list of permitted and prohibited foods.

 Instead, it begins with changing the way one thinks about food itself. A person does not eat simply for entertainment, because the clock indicates mealtime, or because food happens to be available. Rather, one eats when the body truly asks for food.

Dr. Diaa placed great emphasis on distinguishing between true hunger and a passing desire to eat. In his view, true hunger is the message sent by the body when it needs energy and nourishment. Eating due to boredom, stress, or social habits is not a response to the body's needs, but rather a response to external factors unrelated to genuine nutrition.

For this reason, the rule “Eat when you are hungry” became one of the most well-known principles associated with Tayyibat.

Instead of living as a prisoner of fixed schedules and imposed meals, a person returns to listening to the body's natural signals.

When true hunger arrives, food becomes more beneficial, the body makes better use of it, and digestion becomes more comfortable.

This principle does not apply only to food; it also extends to water. Just as hunger is a message from the body, thirst is another message of equal importance.

Therefore, he emphasized the rule “Drink when you are thirsty,” because the body, according to his view, possesses the wisdom to determine its needs accurately if a person learns to listen to it again.

Dr. Diaa considers that the first success a person achieves within the Tayyibat system is not weight loss, improved test results, or increased energy.

Rather, it is the restoration of this natural relationship with the body:

to eat when food is truly needed, to stop when the need has ended, and to free oneself from the idea of constant eating that has become part of modern life.

With this return to natural instinct, the journey begins. At its core, Tayyibat is not merely a list of foods, but a different way of looking at health, nutrition, and the human being.