Intermittent fasting: The health trend Muslims have been practicing for centuries

Intermittent fasting: The health trend Muslims have been practicing for centuries

Its benefits are great to us as Muslims, including feeling for those in need, and it promotes self-control and avoiding the health problems caused by extravagance. JEDDAH: Muslims have been practicing eating patterns similar to intermittent fasting for centuries.. Common intermittent fasting methods involve daily 16-hour fasts or fasting for 24 hours, twice per week.. It could help reduce excess body weight, improve glucose control, enhance insulin sensitivity, reduce blood lipids, and reduce risk of chronic disease, says expert.. Clinical dietitian, Arwa Bajkhaif, said Ramadan fasting was a time-restricted intermittent fasting practiced by adult Muslims for a whole lunar month every year.. " there is not enough evidence for us to neither generalize what the ideal number of fasting hours nor to tell whether intermittent fasting is a sustainable treatment for obesity as well as if it's health-related benefits are maintained for a long time.. By eating fewer and burning more calories, intermittent fasting caused weight loss by changing both sides of the calorie equation.. Ramadan fasting could be an effective approach for weight loss as well as for diabetes and disease prevention.. The unprecedented changes imposed on the world since the virus outbreak 'remind people that they can adapt