So how do you explain fasting..

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Re: So how do you explain fasting..

@Huma

fasting isn’t unhealthy, starvation is. During Ramadan, you do NOT starve! You’re eating twice in 24 hours and most people eat quite fatty foods, fried stuff, parathas and whatnot. In the normal state, body glucose is the main source of energy for us. In a state of fasting, once the glucose has been used up, fat becomes the next source of energy. Now if you weren’t eating anything at all for days or weeks, your body would start to use protein as the next source of energy and that is what’s harmful for health, that is what they call starvation. But since you’re eating throughout Ramadan and fasting only till Maghrib each day, your body does not reach a state of starvation. But you do get dehydrated which may lead to headaches and that’s the only negative effect of fasting I’ve personally experienced. Otherwise fasting can be actually really good for health as per several published studies. As for people for whom fasting can be dangerous, such as diabetics, they’re exempted from fasting.

Personally I find it quite healthful as long as I don’t stuff myself with carbs.
I enjoy feeling light on my feet.