It’s been a few days since Moslems around the world are fasting for the whole month. They don’t eat anything for more than 12 hours. Between sunrise and sunset.
Also, they have to hold back desires on many things, including their sexual desire during the time (between sunrise and sunset).
The objective is to make them better persons. By not eating they can get the idea how poor people suffer from hunger. By holding back desires they can be more patient.
Yet, according to their belief, not only is fasting good for their mental health, but it’s also good for their physical health.
So, what are the benefits of fasting for the physical health? Some studies proves that fasting is good for your health because it helps
- giving time for your digestive system to take a rest
- your body to detox
- balancing the acid and alkali levels in your body
- improving hormonal functions needed in many physiological and biochemistry process in your body.
- augmenting the HDL level and reducing triacylglycerol, one of the elements that enriches LDL.
- regenerating cells and increasing white blood cells
