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Ramadan: Fasting or Feasting?
Monday, June 6, 2016 8:49
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Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
When fasting, Muslims are required to abstain from food, beverages (including water), and sexual intercourse during daylight hours (from dawn to sunset).
This sort of fasting, however, is actually a series of feasts. Most Muslims celebrating Ramadan eat a tremendous amount of food before sunrise and again after sunset. Numerous reports have shown that Muslims consume far more food during Ramadan than during other months. The results are obesity, diabetes, and other health problems.
This tendency to feast and call it “fasting” draws attention to a deeper problem in Islam.
Source: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2016/06/ramadan-fasting-or-feasting.html
Neuroscientist Shows What Fasting Does To Your Brain & Why Big Pharma Won’t Study It!
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/12/11/neuroscientist-shows-what-fasting-does-to-your-brain-why-big-pharma-wont-study-it/
“Challenges to your brain, whether it’s intermittent fasting [or] vigorous exercise . . . is cognitive challenges. When this happens neuro-circuits are activated, levels of neurotrophic factors increase, that promotes the growth of neurons [and] the formation and strengthening of synapses. . . .”