Fasting

IronGiant

I think he is fully entitled to not give out personal information on a public forum if he doesn't want everyone to know

PSM1

Is that the same online that gives the breathtaking advantages of not vaccinating your children? or that tells us that cancer can be cured by the mind or even that cancer is a disease made up by the pharmaceutical companies or that they could cure cancer but do not want to since it would not make them money!!!!!!

hippo99

Codswallop. We all know that homeopathy is where the real cures are!

McVicar

Actually I think you'll find its acupuncture

imightbewrong

That's the problem - you can find 'stuff' online to support any theory.  Of course that means you can find articles that say something is definitely good, while others say it is definitely bad.  You need peer reviewed sources, and even they don't always get it right.

whizzkid11

Instead of quitting breakfast , have 3 dates, they provide you all the nutrients you need.

Fasting for 1 month year (Ramadan) is physical and spiritual detox for Muslims, and is one of 5 pillars.

Zincubus

Courtesy of Google :
"Fasting is another unique moral and spiritual characteristic of Islam. Literally defined, fasting means to abstain "completely" from foods, drinks, intimate intercourse and smoking, before the break of the dawn till sunset, during the entire month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic year. "

imightbewrong

One of the guys in my uni parachute club came on his training weekend when he was doing Ramadan.  Ultimately they didn't let him do his jump at the end of the weekend as they were concerned he wouldn't be at full mental/physical strength after not eating all day.

hippo99

I remember reading an article during Euro 2016 about how some players might be affected. Hadn't really occurred to me that some players could've been playing on empty stomachs
How hard is it to be a Muslim footballer during Ramadan? - BBC Three

whizzkid11

It's not just football, cricket.. Hashim Amla of south Africa, got some of best performancesports while fasting... Moeen Ali, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq all have been fasting and playing... even during coaching the English team.