Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
Scores of animal studies followed by human clinical trials have proven that intermittent fasting not only helps lose weight, it also modifies and improves our glucose regulation, increases stress resistance, and suppresses inflammation and prolongs life. Muslims all over the world are close to the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. From the religious perspective, Muslims are commanded to fast just as believers in the past were ordained to do. The following two verses from The Quran are illustrative: Oh, you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may learn piety and God consciousness” [Quran,2:183] “The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed The Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast; and whoever is ill or on a journey – then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for yo...