Fasting in the month of Ramadan involves abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking and other restricted acts from dawn to sunset. Moreover, fasting is also claimed as an incredible act of worship that is very much loved by Allah.
Are you aware of the benefits fasting has? Let us share a few benefits with and you’ll be surprised!
1. Helps Speed Up The Metabolism
Fasting gives the digestive system a rest, and this can boost your metabolism to burn through calories more efficiently. However, if your digestion is poor, this can affect your ability to metabolize food and burn fat.
2. Helps Improve Insulin Sensitivity
Fasting plays a great role in leaving a positive effect on insulin sensitivity. This allows you to tolerate carbohydrates better. Adding on to this, a study showed that after fasting for a longer duration, insulin becomes more effective and cells easily take up glucose from blood.
3. Help In Losing Weight
Isn’t losing weight what the majority of us wish for? Well, fasting is also a great way to lose weight. Scientifically proven, fasting allows the body to burn fat cells more effectively than normal dieting.
(This would also be effective if you let go off the samosas and pakoras.)
4. Helps Improve Your Hunger
Fasting is a great way to normalize the hormones in your body so that you can actually experience what true hunger is.
5. Helps Improves Your Brain Function
So, you think you’re brain dead after fasting? Did you know that fasting has shown to improve brain function because it boosts the production of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor?
6. Helps Improve Your Immune System
The one thing we all worry about is improving our immune system. Fasting improves the immune system because it reduces free radical damage, regulates inflammatory conditions in the body and starves off cancer cell formation.
7. Helps Contribute To Self-Enlightenment
Fasting is another word for letting your body heal both consciously and physically. With a lighter body and a clearer mind, we tend to become more aware of our surroundings and more grateful for the things we’re blessed with.
Isn’t it amazing?
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