What is your opinion about fasting in the holy month of Ramadan? Is it healthy for young guys?
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Asaad Hamid Ismail
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Article Health Benefits of Islamic Intermittent Fasting
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https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/health/ramadan-fasts-can-boost-immune-system-to-fight-infections-such-as-coronavirus-study-says-1.1202159
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My informally conducted (scientific and library) research in the United States of America strongly suggests that fasting has possibly become more of a cultural observance that is rooted in certain religions, the most noteworthy being the Islamic faith, but fasting is not limited to Islam for three main reasons: (1) Fasting is being observed by Christian religious communities at churches whose congregations are predominantly people who migrated from countries whose national religion is Islamic, and also welcome other Christians. (2) Among the major religions with large numbers of adherents today, devout Christians in the United States of America and elsewhere in the world observe Lent and engage in the practice of, and belief in, fasting. (3) In India, devout members of the Hindu faith engage in periods of fasting as an integral part of their religious beliefs and practices.1
1For further discussion, see my chapters on "R. K. Narayan's Ultimate Realism: India's Spiritual Rebirth in The English Teacher," pages 68-92, and "R. K. Narayan's Historic Slice of Life: Theological Hybridity and East-West Logistics in The Vendor of Sweets," pages 205-231, in A Talent for the Particular: Critical Essays on R. K. Narayan, Raymond-Jean Frontain and Basudeb Chakraborti (eds.), New Delhi: Worldview Press, 2012.
Medical experts have proved that fasting a month in a year is very useful for sound health and for smooth functioning of body parts
Asaad Hamid Ismail
Ramadan fasting is helpful in fighting against COVID-19.
Article Fasting Ramadan During COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunomodulatory Effect
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I believe fasting been well-recognized for its beneficial drawback on human's health and wellbeing, it is scientifically proven that fasting is considered as one of the main methods that is being practiced by athletes to maintain great physic and sound healthy body.
Asaad Hamid Ismail
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Yes,depending on recent scientific researches It is proven that fasting has numerous benefits for all age people . It can help the immune system, detoxify your body, decrease oxidative stress and increase the production of antioxidants..
Scientists confirm now the numerous benefits of fasting a whole month with two days a week in a year for human mental & physical well being.
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I wanted to add that it is definitely healthy for all; young & old!
Valuable answers handed over. It's healthy but not for weak people!
Fasting during Ramadan has numerous benefits for healthe; Weight loss associated with an reduction of risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. it increases HDL Cholesterol and decreases LDL Cholesterol and strengthens the immune system
Fasting is an ancient system to balance the body and the spirit. It is prior to the spread of universal religions. For 100.000 years, before farming and agrarian civilizations, the human populations of hunter-gatherers would fast involuntarily, and afterward, they would feast when getting food. These human groups developed a genetic code, a genotype, that allowed their bodies to thrive by adapting to those cycles of feasting and fasting. Therefore, humans can easily match short periods without food as long as water is available. Most of us have enough carbohydrates in the form of glycogen stored in our liver and muscles to provide energy for about half a day. About three-quarters of us are carrying around a few weeks’ supplies of calories in the form of fat. We are used to fasting, and it became a religious practice and ritual at the core of shamanism and other traditional religions. Islam carries these long-term religious traditions and embodies them with a special spirituality based on mercy, charity, and solidarity. We need only to respect Ramadan regardless of our faith, beliefs, and rationality.
Ramadan, the Month of Mercy and Forgiveness. And during this month the long breaks between meals and drink can be beneficial for the health of all people.
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