Fasting-benefits
Physical Benefits of Fasting
مَا مَلَأَ آدَمِيٌّ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنٍ، حَسْبُ الْآدَمِيِّ لُقَيْمَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ
، فَإِنْ غَلَبَتِ الْآدَمِيَّ نَفْسُهُ، فَثُلُثٌ لِلطَّعَامِ، وَثُلُثٌصُلْبَهُ لِلشَّرَابِ،
وَثُلُثٌ لِلنَّفَسِ
Translation: A human being fills no worse vessel than his stomach. It is sufficient for a human being to eat a few mouthfuls to keep his spine straight. But if he must (fill it), then one third of food, one third for drink and one third for air. [ Sunan Ibn Majah : 3349]
As we know Our stomach is the main organ in the body, it has lots of desease the maximum desease originate in the stomach because it's a house of bacteria. Stomach is continuously working without any rest and when we fast we don't take a food and drink no food or drink enter for several hours in the stomach, then the stomach gets rest and the toxins are romoved while we fast.
fasting is very beneficial for the body it plays a vital role in health. It removes all the toxins from stomach and keep it clean and it's physically helps in various deseases.
Fasting helps to Improve fitness and it help in weight loss, it helps to Decrease the risk of metabolic diseases also it play a vital role to benefit cancer patients as well.
In a recent study, fasting during chemotherapy jump-starts the immune system and exposes the cancer cells. Ridding the body of old toxic cells and replacing with new healthy ones. Traditionally, cancer patients have been told to increase nutrients and caloric intake while undergoing chemotherapy treatments but this approach might now be under review.
It help to protect you from obesity and associated chronic illnesses, It manage and reduces inflammation It helps in blood sugar control by reducing insulin resistance.
It helps to improve the health of the heart.
Ultimately we fast for the pleasure of Allah, not to lose weight, decrease heart disease, because it is good for us. It make us closer to Allah SWT it's an opportunity to gain lots of sawab So make the correct intention every time you fast and remind yourself of this intention throughout the day.
Mental benefits of fasting
As we know well, food is one of the most incredible blessings of Allah SWT, has created for us. It gives us the joy and happiness of sharing a food with our loved ones, our family, friends, and the pleasure of inviting and the satisfaction of creative expression by cooking and experimenting. Lots of varities been cooked with delicious dishes. these all gives us happiness and it improves our mental health
Allah Says in the Glorious Quran:
وَ ہُوَ الَّذِیۡۤ اَنۡشَاَ جَنّٰتٍ مَّعۡرُوۡشٰتٍ وَّ غَیۡرَ مَعۡرُوۡشٰتٍ وَّ النَّخۡلَ وَ
الزَّرۡعَ مُخۡتَلِفًا اُکُلُہٗ وَ الزَّیۡتُوۡنَ وَ الرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِہًا وَّ غَیۡرَ مُتَشَابِہٍ ؕؕ
کُلُوۡا مِنۡ ثَمَرِہٖۤ اِذَاۤ اَثۡمَرَ وَ اٰتُوۡا حَقَّہٗ یَوۡمَ حَصَادِہٖ ۫ ۖوَ لَا
تُسۡرِفُوۡا ؕ اِنَّہٗ لَا یُحِبُّ الۡمُسۡرِفِیۡنَ
Translation: And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess. [The Noble Qur’an, 6:141]
However, In these days our relationship with food becomes imbalanced. We reduce in eating and drinking a Muslim don't eat from Fajr to Maghrib.
Numerous studies have shown that a reduction in levels of eating, including a specified amount of carbohydrates, fats, and others things for several weeks, will increase the ability to think. The way people understand stress is the ability to think. If we are deliberate, the emotions are more controlled, and it decrease the stress.
Medical Benefits of Fasting
Ramadan is a month of self-regulation and self-training. Muslims fast according to our religious requirements, but there are also medical benefits. Typically, fasting is used by patients for weight management, relaxing the digestive system, and lipid reduction. Both total fasting and crash diet can have adverse effects.
But Islamic fasting is different from these diet plans because Ramadan fasting does not contain malnutrition or insufficient calorie intake. The calorie intake of Muslims during Ramadan is generally more or less than the nutritional requirements guidelines. In addition, fasting in Ramadan is taken voluntarily and is not prescribed by the physician. And it is expected that this training will continue even after the end of Ramadan.
Fasting is a special act of worship that eventually takes place between the believer and the Creator himself, because no one else knows for sure whether this person is actually fasting. In a hadith of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, Allah says, "Fasting is for me and I will only reward it." In another hadith, the Prophet reminds us, "If one does not leave a lie in words and actions, then there is no need for Allah to sacrifice his food and drink."
A study in lancet shown that fasting has the power to cure diabetes, in this study 149 individuals were taken off their diabetic and blood pressure medication and treated with only 825 calories a day for 3 to 5 months the rest of the 289 participants were treated with normal conventional treatment the result ls were starling 46% from fasting group were remission from diabetes a year later with 86% of those who has lost 15 kilograms or more through fasting in remission in the conventional treatment group only 4% of people lost their diabetes.
And now the national health service in the UK offering fasting as a treatment for diabetes.
Medical studies and research have shown that there are lots of beneficial aspect of fasting when a person gives the time to body to heal where he eats something visit energy expenditure so when he abstain from food the energy is directed to another aspect which is beneficial to the body the growth of the tissues of is better even some harmons growth is secreted during fasting. Morever you have a chance to get as one rest for your stomach for the gastrointestinal tract liver kidneys and everything get relaxed in the month of Ramadan Fasting.
Also Read:
- History of Fasting
- Importance and Virtues of Ramadan
- 10 Things that Break the Fast
- Supplications and importance of Laylatul Qadr
- Why Muslim Celebrate Eid
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