I do perform fasting a day in a week. Its quite good feelings, energized me.

@ Dr. Sikandar Hayat Khan

Fasting is good for health. Some of the scientifically proven health benefits of fasting include elimination of toxins from the body, boosting of body metabolism, improvement in body composition and fitness, boosting of immune system of the body, decrease in blood sugar, lowering of blood pressure, reduction in obesity, lowering in cholesterol level of the body, improvement in cardiovascular health, reduction in harmful protein production, improvement in cell recycling, decrease in inflammation, increase in resistance to oxidative stress, enhancement in recovery from injury, and increase in growth regulation. Please have a look at the following RG links.

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Thanks!

Sikandar Hayat Khan , if anyone watched me fast for Yom Kippur (during the past 5 years) they would suspect that fasting was not a healthy thing to do. Every time I fasted, I became physically ill (much dizziness and gagging). But this has only happened because I was given chemotherapy (for a tumor) back in 2012.

However, each year that I go through this, the "sick" feelings are getting much less. It is as though fasting is letting me purge myself from the chemo, and clean my body out. This last year, I hardly felt at all groggy, just a little weak; but I took this as a sign that I was supposed to spend the day resting so my body could heal itself. Not really what I would think of as a negative symptom from the fasting.

shalom! - Juju.

Thanks Arvind Singh

Like always so elaborate. Thanks for sharing these researches.

Regards

Dear Julia Schenzinger

Not sure how much you fasted. I guess periodical and small fasting bouts usually help like 8-12 hours and nor daily.Yes excess of every thing is bad and i understand prolong and may be too frequent fasting may lead to decrease immunity. But on the whole it should be balanced affair'

Anyway thanks for sharing your experience.

Regards

Sikandar Hayat Khan , I understand what you are saying. The rabbis told me that I need to only "partially fast" (eat things like only rice, etc.) throughout Yom Kippur, and any other time I want to fast; until my body is more "clean" from the chemotherapy.

shalom! - Juju.

I agree with Ivanov's answer!

yes, being hungry is better

Both extremes (hungry-over-fed) have I’ll-effects for health. Taking healthy calories at a recommended count for age, sex, activity level is best.

while religious fasting has its benefits because proper calories are asscertained, hunger negatively impacts diet-sensitive chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, and overall health.

There are many benefits with fasting including

• Promotes Blood Sugar Control by Reducing Insulin Resistance. ...
• Promotes Better Health by Fighting Inflammation. ...
• May Enhance Heart Health by Improving Blood Pressure, Triglycerides and Cholesterol Levels. ...
• May Boost Brain Function and Prevent Neurodegenerative Disorders
• ...

There are a lot of benefits of fasting, definitely religiously and health wise.....

Yes ,being hungry i

Dietary principles should be applied in a daily practice. Eating is much more than food intake; it is also about being a spiritual part of the physical food chain (eating, being eaten, and leaving something for others to eat), i.e. ethical consumption of Food (conscious eating). Autophagy works best, when practiced in a regular and daily manner, not in certain intervals (e.g. fasting for lent, after celebrating carnival), but cultural traditions can help us to build up an annual schedule.

Health Benefits of Fasting, Backed by Science

Promotes Blood Sugar Control by Reducing Insulin Resistance. ...

Promotes Better Health by Fighting Inflammation. ...

May Enhance Heart Health by Improving Blood Pressure, Triglycerides and Cholesterol Levels. ...

May Boost Brain Function and Prevent Neurodegenerative Disorders

Fasting Improves Insulin Sensitivity. ... Fasting decreases your level of insulin which helps stimulate lipolysis. This is what helps your body break down fat. Lowering the amount of insulin in your body not only helps break down fat faster, but it helps keep your insulin levels low when you do start eating again.

Here are 6 popular ways to do intermittent fasting.

The 16/8 Method: Fast for 16 hours each day. ...

The 5:2 Diet: Fast for 2 days per week. ...

Eat-Stop-Eat: Do a 24-hour fast, once or twice a week. ...

Alternate-Day Fasting: Fast every other day. ...

The Warrior Diet: Fast during the day, eat a huge meal at night.

1. Fasting Helps Weight Loss

2. Fasting Speeds Up The Metabolism

3. Fasting Improves Hunger

Absolutely, there are benefits of fasting so long as it is done carefully. In the extreme case one can step into the realm of eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, etc. Giving the body a break from digestion can only be beneficial. After all the body works 24 hrs/day, 7 days a week without a break. Consuming less food (or no food) via fasting gives the digestive system a break and you feel refreshed after the fast. Fasting is a good way for detoxification on a regular basis.

Fasting helps eliminate toxins out of the body, reduces blood sugars, and reduces fat storage. In addition, fasting promotes healthy eating habits and strengthens the immune system

Fasting is one of the essential things for man; it is like food, breathing, movement and sleep; it can not be dispensed with in order to keep the human body intact. But on the condition that the fast is not excessive; because excessive causes to malfunction in the vital processes carried out by the body as a process of construction and demolition.

Americans would have tremendous benefit to learn about fasting. In this country I have witnessed a very strange cultural belief that people are expected to eat each meal until they feel (literally) sick, or "stuffed." I have only met Muslims and Jews who fast, but not the secular population. Meals tend to be purchased pre-prepared, among the lower income and/or "nuclear families" (small amount of adults living in the home, usually no grandparents living with them). The low-income people are much more likely to be obese (Levine, J., 2011).

The only fast that is practiced by some Americans, would be the nightly fast that takes place while sleeping at night, but even that is broken pretty often by individuals who wake up in the middle of the night and get their "midnight snack." This may have been accepted as what people in our country do, because they can.

While I was still in hospital, after the brain surgery, the doctors were watching my blood sugar (like hawks!) and expecting me to become temporarily diabetic but it did not happen. The first reason I think that I escaped the diabetes is that I refused to eat the meals quickly that the nurses brought me; I would eat only partial amount of the meal, and I would "nibble" it. For instance, if they brought me a sandwich, it would take me hours to consume the entire thing (a little nibble at a time). Part of this was because I felt queasy because of the chemo, but even when I was feeling hungry I made sure to stick to the slow-nibbles (because I did not want them to give me insulin!).

If Americans altered their understanding of "meals" (ate only healthy and "living" food), if they understood that eating should never be rushed (take hour long meals), and made fasting seem like a respectable thing to do (not just fear it as "what the poor people in OTHER countries do"); all of these changes would greatly help our population lower our amount of diabetes, cancer, heart disease.

shalom! - Julia.

Levine, J. (2011). Poverty and Obesity in the U.S. American Diabetes Association. Retrieved from: http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/60/11/2667

@ Dr. Sikandar Hayat Khan

Please also have a look at these old RG threads.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_of_fasting

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_benefit_of_fasting_for_the_human_body

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_benefits_of_fasting_in_Ramadaan

Thanks!

Agreed to @ Nirmala S.V.S.G madam.

Impressive question that provoked many useful information and valuable comments by our RG colleagues

Multiple studies have shown a relationship between high levels of ghrelin ( which is hanger hormone) and:

• Reduced Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) pathology, meaning better cognition
• Improved spatial intelligence
• Reduced inflammation
• Improved memory
• Decrease in loss of brain cells in cases of neurodegenerative disorders
• Protection from the breakdown of synapses

Really informative questions with impressive, helpful and informative discussion. Many thanks to the respected RG members that contributed.

I totally agree with Dr. Arvind Singh sir & Dr. Anastas sir.

Fasting is an effective health practice, if applied properly. Fasting helps eliminate toxins out of the body, reduces blood sugars, and reduces fat storage. Here are the top 10 health benefits you can take advantage of during fasting

Better hungry, but eating healthy!

I agree with Arvind Singh

Fasting could improve brain function and give the nervous system a break.

https://www.medicaldaily.com/benefits-fasting-food-deprivation-good-your-brain-how-can-you-survive-hunger-405644

Yes

It is good for health

One days fasting can change country's economy

Yes, there are clear benefits, in agreement with the colleagues.

Regards

We must differentiate between hunger and fasting

Fasting has become increasingly popular over the years, especially among the health community. Whilst most health practitioners are afraid to recommend eating less due to the stigma involved, it still doesn’t alleviate the incredible benefits of fasting when used sensibly.

Fasting helps to regulate the hormones in your body so that you experience what true hunger is. We know that obese individuals do not receive the correct signals to let them know they are full due excessive eating patterns.

Fasting can be a helpful practice for those who suffer with binge eating disorders, and for those who find it difficult to establish a correct eating pattern due to work and other priorities.

Fasting good for health

Fasting also has helped many people feel more connected to life during the practices reading, meditation, yoga and martial arts etc. With no food in the digestive system, this makes room for more energy in the body – the digestive is one of the most energy absorbing systems in the body.

It is very good for healthy body. Also for healthy mind and brain.

Fasting can help clear the skin because with the body temporarily freed from digestion, it’s able to focus its regenerative energies on other systems. Not eating anything for just one day has shown to help the body clean up the toxins and regulate the functioning of other organs of the body like liver, kidneys and other parts.

Brain scans have shown that the prayer and meditation causes more activity in the frontal lobe, which would help individuals be more calm, less reactionary, and better able to deal with stressors.

Benefits of fasting : it could improve brain function , give the nervous system a break,strengthen the immune system , boost mood and improve sleep .

Fasting has shown to have a positive effect on insulin sensitivity, allowing you to tolerate carbohydrates (sugar) better than if you didn’t fast. The studies showed that after periods of fasting, insulin becomes more effective in telling cells to take up glucose from blood.

Also, Fasting speeds up the metabolism:

Intermittent fasting gives your digestive system a rest, and this can energise your metabolism to burn through calories more efficiently. If your digestion is poor, this can effect your ability to metabolise food and burn fat. Intermittent fasts can regulate your digestion and promote healthy bowel function, thus improving your metabolic function.

Fasting is very helpful for our body.

Thank Dr. Arvind Singh sir for adding all the details information. Yes. its scientifically proven.

Thank you sir.

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Fasting also has helped many people feel more connected to life during the practices reading, meditation, yoga and martial arts etc. With no food in the digestive system, this makes room for more energy in the body – the digestive is one of the most energy absorbing systems in the body.

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Fasting is strictly healthy if you are healthy. other than fasting as a religious obligation, scientifically fasting confers a range of benefits, most of which have been mentioned by my predecessors answering the same question.

To live healthy is to.control what you eat. I totally agree that fasting is good for our health because it detoxifies the body, improve metabolism and burn unnecessary fat from the body.

Intermittent fasting helps in many ways

I know little about fasting, and I cannot fast as it enhances migraine. So, learning more of it from the comments.

The benefits of fasting are clear: Along with this new study, past research has suggested that fasting may strengthen the immune system, boost mood, improve sleep,

https://www.medicaldaily.com

Dear Dr.Khan,

Fasting is done by people of all religions throughout the world. In India, most of the people including us keep fast on certain days.There are several benefits of fasting, such as boosting immune system, improving metabolism, lowering blood pressure, and reducing body weight. In this context, Dr. Arvind Singh has already mentioned many health benefits of fasting. I advise that fasting should not be done by children, pregnant women, and diseased person.

With kind regards,

Prof.Dr.Mahendra Pal

Founder Director of Narayan Consultancy