Fasting
Fasting is
the most powerful spiritual discipline of all religious disciplines. What do
you think of Fasting? Is it sounds like religious, or a term from medical? Actually,
both. Isn’t it?
Fasting is the willful refrainment (i.e.)
withhold from eating and drinking. According to Wikipedia, in a physiological
view, fasting may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten
overnight or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and
absorption of a meal.
So, in simple,
we can say that fasting is a process of not eating or drinking over a certain
time.
Fasting is
of different types or ways. Each person has their own concept for fasting. Some
don’t eat the whole day, but drink water. Some will only intake liquid content.
Some skip the breakfast or lunch as a fasting.
So why do
we fast?
What is the
religious reason for fasting?
According to Bible, the primary
purpose of fasting is,
·
To
strengthen prayer
·
To
seek God’s guidance
·
To
express grief and seek protection
·
To
express love and worship for God.
And in Islam, the purpose of fasting is to
practice self-restraint, piety and generosity. Similarly, each religion has
their own reason. But actually, in the whole all religion insists on fasting,
to teach them to self-discipline, self-control, sacrifice, and empathy for
those who are less in fortune, thus encouraging the action of charity and
generosity.
What is the
scientific reason for fasting?
Fasting cleanses our body of
toxins and forces cells into processes that are not usually stimulated when a
steady stream of fuel from food is always present.
There are
three types of fasting.
§ Time- Restricted feeding
§ Intermittent calorie Restriction
§ Periodic fasting with fasting
mimicking diets
And
according to science there are many health benefits of fasting like,
§ Boosting cognitive performance
§ Protection from obesity and other
chronic diseases
§ Reduction of inflammation
§ Supporting weight loss
§ Improving overall fitness etc…
So,
whatever be the reason. Let it be religious or scientific, fasting helps one in
fulfilling their own satisfactions.
I am very happy to share a short blog on fasting during this fasting season and I’d love to hear your experience and thoughts about fasting in comments or our mail. Wish to see you all very soon with a different and thoughtful blog. Until then thank you for checking out our blogs and wishing you all a happy Ramadan kareem.
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